A lightning strike hits early Wednesday morning. The in a single day storm introduced down energy traces and hydro poles in lots of elements of Toronto and to the north in Muskoka. ((Tony Smyth/CBC))
A 27-year-old hydro employee in Port Elgin, Ont., was electrocuted Tuesday night time whereas engaged on a restore as extreme thunderstorms swept southern and central Ontario.
Saugeen Shores police stated the Westario Energy worker was working at a hydro station when he was concerned in an accident simply earlier than midnight.
Reviews from the scene counsel the employee was hit with 2,400 volts of electrical energy.
He was taken to Southampton Hospital with a chest wound and third-degree burns to the best facet of his physique and pronounced deceased a short while later.
The Ministry of Labour and the coroner’s workplace are investigating the dying.
Downed branches litter the streets in Brampton, Ont., after an in a single day storm. ((Tony Smyth/CBC) )
Within the Toronto space, the storm snapped hydro poles, felled tree branches and prompted some issues in areas the place site visitors lights malfunctioned.
Mayfield Highway in Brampton was closed for security causes after numerous energy poles got here down.
By early Wednesday morning, energy had been restored in most elements of town, apart from a neighbourhood stretching from Bayview Avenue within the west, Don Mills Highway within the east and from Finch Avenue within the south to Steeles Avenue within the north.
Toronto Hydro emergency restore crews have been despatched, however there is no such thing as a estimated time for when energy will probably be totally restored.
There are additionally remoted outages throughout Peel, Newmarket, Aurora and as far east as Peterborough.
Additionally Tuesday, two folks have been injured when a extreme storm knocked down timber and left a lot of the Huntsville area with out energy.
A girl was taken to hospital with non life-threatening accidents, and a person suffered critical accidents, after a tree fell on their automotive in Port Sydney.
Ontario Provincial police stated the storm hit shortly, downing timber and hydro wires and leaving the detachment working on generator energy.
Hydro One has restored energy to a couple of the 33,000 clients affected, however some will not get their electrical energy again till Wednesday afternoon.
Atmosphere Canada stated a line of thunderstorms hit the area with wind gusts of as much as 100 kilometres an hour and heavy downpours.
