The Fifth & 'Final Victim' Has Been Recovered Following The Tragic Kelowna Crane Collapse
He was working in a building nearby when the crane collapsed.
Another victim has been recovered following a crane collapse in Kelowna, B.C., that took place on the morning of Monday, July 12.
Four men were confirmed to have died on Monday after the crane collapsed and damaged several buildings in the area. At the time, a fifth person was believed to be buried under the rubble.
Assistant Chief Dave Boone, director of Canada Task Force 1, told Narcity that he and his team "located the victim yesterday, very soon thereafter arriving on scene, and then, of course, we needed to excavate so it took us a number of hours to do so safely." He said that the victim was then recovered from the scene "at about midnight last night."
"I've been told that there were four fatalities prior to us getting up here and that was the fifth and what I understand to be the final victim of the incident," Boone said.
The initial four victims were all working at the site when the crane collapsed. The fifth man was working in an adjacent building that was damaged by the crane, according to local RCMP.