Man dies at Erin, Ont., golf course following violent storm
A man in his 50s died in a golf course parking lot during a Saturday night storm.
OPP were called to the Calerin Golf Club in Erin, Ont., at around 6:10 p.m. for a person injured in the "violent storm."
Several trees were downed by the storm, one of which brought down a hydro line that prompted the man's pick-up truck to catch fire.
"Severe weather conditions caused a tree and hydro lines to fall across an unoccupied vehicle that was parked in the lot," an OPP media release stated. "The owner approached the vehicle and attempted to extinguish a small fire that had ignited, when he collapsed suddenly."
A man in his 50s is dead after an incident in the parking lot of the Calerin Golf Club in Erin, Ont. during a summer storm on Aug. 28, 2021. (Jeremy Cohn/CBC News)
William Elliot, 59, of Halton Hills, was pronounced dead at the scene.
First responders had to wait for hydro workers' assistance before going to help the man.
A post-mortem is scheduled to determine the cause of his death. OPP continue to investigate the incident.
A man in his 50s is dead after an incident in the parking lot of the Calerin Golf Club in Erin, Ont. during a summer storm on Aug. 28, 2021. (Jeremy Cohn/CBC News)
The story was originally published on CBC News on Aug. 29, 2021. It contains files from Jeremy Cohn.