1 dead, 2 critically injured after pit collapses during sewer pipe repair in North York

One man has died and two have been sent to the hospital with life-threatening injuries after being trapped in a pit in North York, police say.

It happened at around 5:25 p.m., in the area of Bayview Avenue and Ruddington Drive, just north of Finch Avenue East.

Police said they were fixing a sewer pipe at the time.

In an update on X, formerly Twitter, police said the Ministry of Labour has taken over the investigation.

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