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An electrical worker was killed and another was hospitalized after their truck was struck by a TTC bus Thursday evening.

The two Stacey Electric workers had been undertaking spot maintenance at an underpass on Bathurst Street north of Dupont Thursday evening when a bus in the passing lane struck their automobile in the curb lane.

The 51-year-old man who was inside the basket of the truck's cherry picker -- which was positioned above the road -- was thrown out within the collision. He suffered non-life threatening injuries.

The other worker, a 42-year-old man, was on the ground when he was hit and killed by the bus.

Police are asking anybody with information to get in touch with them.

The incident will be the most recent in a recent string of transit-related crashes already becoming investigated by the Toronto Transit Commission.

On Saturday, a 66-year-old man died from injuries sustained when he was hit by a TTC bus as he crossed Danforth Road near St. Clair Avenue East.

The TTC is also probing three other incidents involving their vehicles last week, such as the collision of a Greyhound bus plus a streetcar that sent 17 folks to hospital.