Logger killed at dryland sort

59-year-old Campbell River man dies after being struck by a log on West Thurlow Island

A Campbell River logger was killed Monday while working on West Thurlow Island.

The BC Coroners Service reported that Mark Allen Eric Dube, 59, was killed after being struck by a log shortly before 5 p.m.

Dube was working at a Knox Bay dryland timber sort, located east of Campbell River in the Discovery Islands group, when he was struck by a log and pronounced dead at the scene.

His death remains under investigation by the BC Coroners Service and Worksafe BC. No other details were released.

 

Campbell River Mirror