Employee dies at Manitoba Hydro work site while working on power outage

A Manitoba Hydro employee is dead afterperforming work related to a power outage Thursday morning at one of the corporation'swork sites inthe Interlake region.

Authorities are still investigating how the worker died, but the Crown utilities corporationsaid no other employee was injured during the incident and there is no riskto public safety at this time.

"Our deepest sympathies go out to the individual's loved ones, friends and coworkers," Manitoba Hydro said in a news releaseThursday. "We are devastated to lose a member of our Manitoba Hydro family."

Manitoba Hydro said it is"fully co-operating" with the investigation into the worker's death. TheCrown utilities corporation saidit is supporting the victim's family and will not release information on the deceased employee out of respect for the person's privacy.

A spokesperson for the province saidWorkplace Safety and Health has been notified of the death and is responding to this incident, but further details will not provided atthis time.

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