City of Vancouver identifies worker killed in weekend workplace accident

The City of Vancouver has identified theengineering employee killed Saturday afternoon in a workplace accident asMoreno Cerra.

According to the city's posts on social media,Cerrahad been an employee with the municipality for17 years.The city expressed their condolences and thankedCerra for his years of workon Facebook and Twitter.

The 49-year-old waskilled in an accident that occurred nearBurnaby city limits at around 2:15 p.m. PT on Saturday.

According to the city, a member of the public helped try to save Cerra at the scene of the accident. The city posted that they are looking to contact that person who assisted to thank them and offer support.

Details of the accident haven't been released yet as RCMP, WorkSafeBC, the city and the coroner investigate.

City flags flew at half-mast Sunday in honour of the worker killed andMayor Kennedy Stewart relayed his condolences in a tweet, saying he was also "deeply saddened" by the employee's death.