A 32-year-old man is dead after he was hit by a piece of metal that fell from a construction site this morning.


The man was walking by the site at De la Montagne Street and Rene-Levesque Boulevard when he was hit by the piece of metal at around 8:20 a.m.


“He was in a critical state and transported rapidly to hospital,” said Bob Lamle of Urgences-Santé.


A short time later, police confirmed the man had died.


The man was a passerby and not a worker, Lamle said.


More to come.