Middlesex man facing seven charges after Wyoming crash
Ministry of Labour investigates workplace death
May 18, 2017
The Ministry of Labour is investgating after an Inwood man who was working on a roof fell to his death.
Tuesday morning, OPP, EMS and Petrolia/North Enniskillen Fire Department were called to Rokeby Line and found the man had been working on a roof about 25-feet high when he fell.
He was taken to hospital where he died.
The Ministry of Labour is investigating the accident.
Meantime, the community of Brooke-Alvinston is remembering Bill Swan for being dedicated to community. Swan was active in the SilverStick organization and was on the ice as a minor hockey referee for years. Visitation for Swan will be held Friday with the funeral at the Brooke-Alvinston-Inwood Community Centre Saturday morning.
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