Man killed by falling tree during ice storm cleanup in Ontario: police

CBC News

· Posted: Apr 08, 2025 3:30 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hr ago

Ontario Provincial Police accidental a 78-year-old antheral has died aft being struck by a histrion during crystal tempest cleanup near Peterborough.

Officers were called to a location successful the Otonabee-South Monaghan Township connected Monday for reports that idiosyncratic had been deed by a tree, the OPP said successful a quality merchandise connected Tuesday.

The OPP said that according to a witness, the homeowner had asked for assistance clearing trees damaged from the crystal storm.

"The 2 were some experienced successful histrion removal and had already felled 4 oregon 5 trees earlier the past 1 came down striking the 1 individual," the OPP said successful a quality release. 

The antheral was pronounced dormant astatine the scene.

On March 30, Ontario was deed by a large crystal tempest that near implicit a cardinal homes and businesses experiencing outages.

In an update connected Tuesday, Hydro One said astir 32,000 customers stay without power. 

Crews person restored powerfulness to much than 97 per cent of customers and proceed to repair powerfulness lines that service less customers, the inferior said.

Hydro One says restoration is expected to beryllium slower connected Tuesday successful areas with precocious winds, dense snow, oregon flooding, specified arsenic Bracebridge, Penetang, Minden, and Fenelon Falls. 

With wide upwind expected connected Wednesday, it says crews volition beryllium capable to get their boats backmost successful the h2o to assistance restoration. 

Fenelon Falls has the highest fig of customers without power, with astir 11,102 customers affected.