Deadly Blainville construction collapse under criminal probe
Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 3:21 pm
Quebec authorities have launched a criminal negligence investigation into a fatal construction site collapse in Blainville that claimed one life and injured others. The inquiry is scrutinizing lapses in safety protocols and construction oversight, raising pressing questions about accountability in the industry.
One worker died and two were injured, and a woman was treated for shock after the mobile office she was in fell into the excavated hole after the collapse at the construction site.
BLAINVILLE - Police north of Montreal say they have opened a criminal negligence investigation into Tuesday's fatal collapse of retaining walls at a construction site.
Une structure de soutien sur un chantier s’est effondrée mardi, faisant un mort et des blessés.
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