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UPDATE: Labour Ministry Investigating Farm Death In Mapleton Township

The Ministry of Labour is investigating after a worker was found dead at a farm in Mapleton Township.

The Ontario Provincial Police say on Thursday around 4pm, emergency crews found a man unresponsive in an underground holding tank at a farm on Sideroad 15 near Conestoga Lake.

The deceased has been identified as 24-year-old Pieter Albertus Vandenbrink of the Netherlands.

The cause of the death is currently under investigation and the Ministry of Labour has been called in to investigate.

 

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Owen Sound light displace honouring the ship, the Manitoba. Photo from the City of Owen Sound

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