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06.09.2014

Linesman shocked

A man was injured yesterday in Knoxville, Tennessee when he got too close to an overhead power line while working from a bucket truck.

The man, employed by Pike Electric, was drilling into a steel electricity pole when he was hit by an arc of electricity. He was taken to hospital where he was said to be in a stable condition.
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The scene when the ambulance arrived


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