Police investigation finds incident is non-criminal
One long-time worker of a tire shop in New Brunswick died in an accident in the workplace last week, according to the report.
Tim Steeves, aged 41, of Weldon, N.B., died in an accident involving a large tire at the Coast Tire shop on Friday, Oct. 18, according to a CTV News report.
The Moncton Fire Department responded to an industrial accident at the workplace on Baig Boulevard around 10:30 a.m. Friday, said Keith Guptill, deputy chief of the department.
Guptill said he doesn’t know exactly what happened to the man, but the accident involved a large tire.
“Our understanding is the gentleman was in the trailer on his own at the time. It was a very heavy loader truck tire,” said Guptill in the CTV News report. “When he was found he was found with it partially on top of him.”
Paramedics from Ambulance New Brunswick were already there when firefighters arrived, he said in the report.
“They were performing CPR and compressions,” said Guptill. “Our guys assisted in getting him, the victim, relocated out of the trailer, the tractor-trailer that he was in, and onto the stretcher and into the ambulance.”
Police rules incident as non-criminal
The Codiac Regional Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), who also responded to the incident, found that there was no foul play involved in the death of Steeves, said Staff Sgt. Nick Arbour in the same CTV News report.
"We completed our investigation and deemed it to be non-criminal," said Arbour.
The police have referred the incident to WorkSafeNB.
“We offer our deepest condolences to the worker's family, as well as their friends and colleagues,” Lynn Meahan-Carson from WorkSafeNB told CTV News. “As the investigation is ongoing, we cannot release any further information.”
Steeves worked for Coast Tire for 17 years.
