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Tree Worker Electrocuted By Power Line In Morris County: Police Tree Worker Electrocuted By Power Line In Morris County: Police
Tree Worker Electrocuted By Power Line In Morris County: Police A tree worker was killed after coming in contact with a power line in Morris County on the afternoon of Thursday, April 4, police said. The worker was at 95 Taylortown Road in Montville when he came in contact with the line around  3:50 p.m., Montville Police Chief Andrew Caggiano said. The Montville Fire Department, Morris County EMS, and Jersey Central Power and Light responded to the scene, Caggiano said. The worker was removed from the tree and taken to Morristown Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead, Caggiano said. The identity of the worker is not being released at thi…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Contractor Hospitalized After Being Shocked By Wire In Linden Contractor Hospitalized After Being Shocked By Wire In Linden
Contractor Hospitalized After Being Shocked By Wire In Linden A 40-year-old contractor was hospitalized with burns after a tree branch he was cutting fell on a high wire and onto him, authorities said.  The contractor from Ohio was cutting the tree limb at 1800 Lower Road (a commercial building), when the limb fell around 1:40 p.m. Tuesday, Linden police Lt. Christopher Guenther said. The wire fell on the contractor, shocking and knocking him to the ground, Guenther said.  He was transported to RWJBH Rahway Hospital for treatment. 

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Driver Incinerated By Fire From Live Downed Wire In Franklin Lakes Driver Incinerated By Fire From Live Downed Wire In Franklin Lakes
Driver Incinerated By Fire From Live Downed Wire In Franklin Lakes FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. -- A driver was incinerated after driving around traffic cones on a closed street and moving a downed live electric wire Thursday morning in Franklin Lakes, authorities said. Responding officers found the SUV fully engulfed on Summit Avenue near the intersection of Route 208 just before 9 a.m., Capt. John Bakelaar said. Anthony Gonzalez, a father of three, apparently ignored the closed stretch of road and drove around the cones, then got out of the car for some reason and came into contact with the wire, multiple responders said. Investigators from the Bergen County Me…

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by Jerry DeMarco