Man dies after falling off roof in South Rawdon

A 31-year-old man has died in a workplace accident at a home under construction on Ashdale Road in South Rawdon.

The man was shovelling snow from the home’s roof Feb. 17.

Brooklyn Volunteer Fire Department members and paramedics were called to the scene shortly before 9 a.m. The man was transported to Hants Com- munity Hospital in Windsor, where he was pronounced deceased.

East Hants District RCMP is investigating the matter, and is being assisted by members of the RCMP Northeast Nova Major Crimes Unit, the RCMP Forensic Identification Section, the Nova Scotia Medical Examiner’s Office, and the Nova Sco- tia Department of Labour and Advanced Education.

The man’s name has not been released by police.