13.03.2016

Double aerial lift fatality in California

Two men were electrocuted in the small town of Thermal, near Palm Springs, California, on Saturday while they were trimming palm fronds from the platform of a bucket truck.
The platform came into contact with the live overhead wires, and according to a witness, oil that had leaked from the machine caught fire as the power ran to earth, causing the whole thing to go up in flames.
No further details have been released.