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    1. 11-03-2013, 06:21 AM #1
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      Default FP&L worker badly burned after coming into contact with live power line

      Posted: 10/31/2013
      TAMPA - A Florida Power & Light worker came in to contact with a live line while working in a trench in Englewood Thursday morning. He was airlifted to Tampa General in serious condition.

      The 53-year-old worker was alert and conscious when emergency crews arrived on scene at 1361 Kiskadee Drive around 11 a.m.

      According to Charlotte County Fire Rescue, which responded to the scene, the worker suffered electrical burns and was flown out as a trauma alert.

      He is expected to survive.

      No other details were immediately available


      Read more: http://www.abcactionnews.com/dpp/new...#ixzz2ja3vXGvp
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