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Deceased identified in holding-tank incident

Cause of accident under investigation
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NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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TOWNSHIP OF MAPLETON - On July 26, 2018, at approximately 4 p.m., Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police responded to a farm accident on Sideroad 15, near Conestoga Lake. A farmhand was found deceased in an underground holding tank.

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

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

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