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BLAINVILLE, QUE. — Police say one person is dead after a structure at a construction site collapsed north of Montreal.

The construction site is located in Blainville, Que.

Police say they received a call around 11 a.m. after the underground walls collapsed of a commercial building under construction.

Two people were injured — one person was taken to hospital with a leg injury and another was treated onsite.

Police say a mobile construction office fell into a large hole that had been excavated, and that three cars also fell inside.

They did not release additional information about the person who died.

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