Police investigating possible electrocution at shopping center
By Stephanie Ballesteros
Published: August 18, 2015
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) —
Norfolk Police are investigating a report of a worker who may have been electrocuted, Tuesday.
Norfolk police said crews were called out to the JANAF Shopping Center located in the 5900 block of East Virginia Beach Boulevard, around 10:30 a.m. According to a witness, contractors had been working at the Tesla Supercharging center located at the shopping center.
A Tesla spokesperson tells WAVY.com , “During the installation process at our new Supercharger station in Norfolk, there was an accident involving an electrical contractor.”
When crews arrived on scene, the man was pronounced dead. Virginia Dominion Power said, the man was a subcontractor not associated with Dominion Virginia Power.
Workers at businesses nearby had plenty of questions when they saw the first responders coming to the scene.
“I work over at the Starbucks right over here on Military,” said David Morales. “I was just walking by and wanted to see. I was really really curious what was going on and I know the Tesla charging station is really new. It is definitely very unfortunate. You know accidents happen.”
At this time the incident is being classified as an undetermined death. Norfolk police said the office of the chief medical examiner will determine the exact cause of death.
Stay with WAVY.com for more on this developing story.
(WAVY/Anita Blanton)