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A worker at Cenovus Energy’s Christina Lake oilsands site in northern Alberta was killed Tuesday night.

The incident at 10:20 p.m. involved a hauling truck and happened as a drilling rig was being moved at the site, the company said in a release on Wednesday.

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The name and the age of the worker is not being publicly released at this time.

The site is located about 350 km northeast of Edmonton.

Cenovus has notified the appropriate authorities and is conducting a full investigation into the cause of the incident.