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Toronto police say a worker has died after suffering a serious injury in an industrial accident on Thursday morning.

Emergency crews were called to Kipling and Evans avenues in Etobicoke at around 10:30 a.m.

Police said the man was injured inside of a building and became unconscious. It is unclear how he got hurt.

Toronto paramedics said they rushed a man in his 60s with critical injuries to a trauma centre. He was pronounced dead in hospital a short time later.

Investigators said the Ministry of Labour is attending.

MEDICAL COMPLAINT:

Evans Av + Kipling Av

– The worker has succumbed to their injuries

– Pronounced deceased at hospital

– This is deemed an industrial accident

– Ministry of Labour investigating

^dh — Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) March 19, 2020

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