Teen killed in workplace accident identified

A 15 year old boy killed at a work site east of Calgary is being identified by his family and friends.

Christopher Lawrence died during a conveyor belt accident at a gravel crushing operation between Drumheller and Bassano.

Occupational Health and Safety is investigating; they say anyone who is 15-17 can work on a construction site, and are only banned from working from midnight to 6a.m.

Staff will be interviewed and equipment checked as part of the probe into what went wrong.

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