Alcoa Loses Two Staff Members in Baie Comeau

Two workers at an Alcoa smelter northeast of Quebec City have died.

Surete du Quebec constable Marc Butz says a 30-year-old man was assisting with loading procedures at the firm's Baie Comeau port Saturday morning when a one-tonne weight landed on him.

Almost simutaneously, a 57-year-old man suffered a heart attack.

He was pronounced dead at a regional hospital.

Butz added that another man was slightly injured in the collapse.

Transport Canada and the province's workplace safety commission are joining detectives for the ongoing investigation.