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Two fatal incidents involving dump trucks have taken place in North Vancouver just as RCMP are reporting that a pedestrian hit by a car has succumbed to her injuries.

Today (June 5), emergency services responded to a workplace incident at a construction site near Handsworth Road and Timberline Place in Canyon Heights around 10:30 a.m.

According to police a 24-year-old Vancouver man was working near a dump truck at the North Shore site when he was knocked down and crushed by the truck.

He was pronounced dead at the scene. His name has not yet been released.

The incident is under investigation by the North Vancouver RCMP serious crimes unit, Integrated Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Service (ICARS), Work Safe BC, and the B.C. Coroners Service.

The death follows another recent fatality involving a dump truck also on the North Shore.

Just after 7 a.m. on June 1, a cyclist collided with a dump truck at the intersection of St. Andrews Avenue and East 2nd Street in Lower Lonsdale. The cyclist, who was pronounced dead at the scene, was identified as a 54-year-old Brian Hughes from North Vancouver.

The collision has been under investigation by the North Vancouver detachment traffic section and ICARS. Any witnesses of the collision are asked to call North Vancouver RCMP at 604-985-1311.

Another North Shore vehicle-related fatality was also announced by RCMP today.

Around 10:30 a.m. on May 31, two pedestrians were crossing Fell Avenue westbound on West 3rd Street when a vehicle on West 3rd Street was turning left onto Fell Avenue on a green light. The vehicle struck the two individuals on the crosswalk.

A 49-year-old man was treated at the scene for minor injuries. However, a 57-year-old female North Vancouver resident who was taken to hospital with serious injuries has since died.

The driver was a 71-year-old North Vancouver resident and an investigation is ongoing.