Roofer is electrocuted

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/article/20100817/NEWS01/708179868#roofer-is-electrocuted

Published Tuesday August 17, 2010

GRAND ISLAND — A 19-year-old roofer has been electrocuted after coming in contact with power lines, Grand Island authorities said.

Grand Island police Sgt. Jim Duering said the man was electrocuted. Hall County Attorney Mark Young identified him as Emilio Deleon.

Fire Chief Troy Hughes says the man was in the bucket of a crane, working behind a Grand Island business, when the lines were touched.

Hughes says the accident shorted out the crane controls, and the bucket was still in the air near the wires when emergency personnel arrived.

Paramedics and firefighters used a ladder truck to reach the Deleon.

He was taken to St. Francis Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

The World-Herald News Service and the Associated Press contributed to this report.

[Ernesto]

1. Non union no doubt......... nt