WorkSafeNB is investigating a workplace fatality that claimed the life of a 49-year-old man from Val Doucet.
Robert Gagnon, a driver with Investissement N & N McGraw Ltée, had left his garbage truck to collect garbage on the opposite side of the road when he was struck by a car. He died instantly.
WorkSafeNB health and safety officers are investigating in co-operation with the RCMP to determine how the accident could have been prevented and whether there were violations to the Occupational Health and Safety Act.