Alberta man killed after crane collapses at Saskatoon construction site

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SASKATOON - Police say an Alberta man who was rushed to hospital Saturday after a crane collapse in Saskatoon has died.

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SASKATOON – Police say an Alberta man who was rushed to hospital Saturday after a crane collapse in Saskatoon has died.

Officers had been dispatched to a construction site on Webster Street in the city’s northeast for an industrial accident.

A crane collapsed at the site and two workers were injured and had to be taken to hospital.

A Saskatoon Police Service badge is stitched onto an officer's uniform in Saskatoon, Sask., on Friday, May 5, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
A Saskatoon Police Service badge is stitched onto an officer's uniform in Saskatoon, Sask., on Friday, May 5, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu

In an update, police say a 30-year-old man from Fort Saskatchewan, Alta., northeast of Edmonton, was pronounced dead and that family has been notified.

There was no update about the 37-year-old man.

Police have said provincial occupational health and safety officials have been contacted about the collapse.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 6, 2025.

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