JUNE 4, 2015
BOSSIER CITY, La. (KTBS)
An employee at Alexis Park Apartments in Bossier City died after an accidental electrocution today and another one was injured.
The man was working on a flagpole at the front of the apartment complex on Loreco Street when the pole apparently touched a nearby power line.
Paramedics took the man to Willis Knighton Bossier, but he died of his injuries. The second worker received nonlife-threatening injuries. He also was treated at Willis Knighton Bossier.
SWEPCO removed the electrical hazard from the complex.
Police haven't released the name of the victim pending notification of the man's family.
A preliminary investigation points to accidental death, a Bossier City Police Department spokesman says.
Source:http://www.ktbs.com
An employee at Alexis Park Apartments in Bossier City died after an accidental electrocution today and another one was injured.
The man was working on a flagpole at the front of the apartment complex on Loreco Street when the pole apparently touched a nearby power line.
Paramedics took the man to Willis Knighton Bossier, but he died of his injuries. The second worker received nonlife-threatening injuries. He also was treated at Willis Knighton Bossier.
SWEPCO removed the electrical hazard from the complex.
Police haven't released the name of the victim pending notification of the man's family.
A preliminary investigation points to accidental death, a Bossier City Police Department spokesman says.
Source:http://www.ktbs.com