Two workers trying to repair a pump in a water well were electrocuted when the equipment they were using touched a 12,000-volt overhead power line. They were setting up a derrick to pull the pump out of the underground well when the contact occurred. The faulty pump was located on an unoccupied rural property so no one saw the incident happen. Firefighters went to the scene because a neighbor reported a grass fire. They found the electrical contact had started the fire, and they discovered the bodies of the two workers. Both had been thrown several feet by the high voltage jolt […]
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