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RCMP Investigate Amherst Man’s October Death After Electrocution

By Drooid · Oct 18, 2026, 2:09 AM UTC · How we work

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Nova Scotia RCMP are investigating the death of a 51-year-old Amherst man after electrocution.
The electrocution occurred on July 29 at a commercial property on the 3000-block of Highway 321 in Oxford, Nova Scotia.
Police transported him to hospital, where he died on Oct. 5 from his injuries.
RCMP said the shock was not a workplace incident and suspect criminality, seeing no public risk.

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Nova Scotia RCMP are investigating the death of a 51-year-old Amherst man after electrocution.
The electrocution occurred on July 29 at a commercial property on the 3000-block of Highway 321 in Oxford, Nova Scotia.
Police transported him to hospital, where he died on Oct. 5 from his injuries.
RCMP said the shock was not a workplace incident and suspect criminality, seeing no public risk.