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November 14, 2012
Tragic death near Lake Cowichan
A 52-year-old Duncan man was killed in a freak accident on Highway 18 near Lake Cowichan on Vancouver Island on November 7th.
Gregory Thomas Howlett, a site superintendent at Nanaimo-based West Coast Developments Limited, was killed after he was struck by a rock that fell from a logging truck and crashed through the window of his pickup.
The B.C. Coroner's Service, WorkSafeBC and the RCMP are investigating.
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