Bas-Saint-Laurent | A man was crushed to death by a tree

(Saint-Mathieu) A 65-year-old man died in a work accident in Saint-Mathieu-de-Rioux, in Bas-Saint-Laurent, on Friday afternoon.

The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) received a call around 1:45 p.m. for a man found unconscious under a tree in the rang 4 sector^e.

The death of the man, originally from Saint-Mathieu-de-Rioux, was noted on the spot, indicates the spokesperson for the SQ, Stéphane Tremblay.

Investigators and a forensic identification technician were dispatched to the scene to determine the circumstances of the event.

Since it would be a work accident during logging operations, the Commission for Standards, Equity, Health and Safety at Work (CNESST) has been informed.