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Cable Company Employee Electrocuted While Working In Capital Region Cable Company Employee Electrocuted While Working In Capital Region
Spectrum Cable Employee Electrocuted While Working In Berne A cable company employee was electrocuted while working on a utility pole in the region. The Albany County incident happened at around 2 a.m. Friday, April 19, in the town of Berne on Long Road. The Spectrum Cable employee was in a bucket truck performing routine equipment maintenance on a utility pole when he came into contact with an electrical line, a spokesperson for Spectrum’s parent company Charter Communications told Daily Voice. Emergency crews arrived to find the truck on fire. Medics with the East Berne Fire Department pronounced the employee dead at the scene. His identity had…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Worker Critical After 40-Foot Fall Through Skylight At Hudson Valley School Worker Critical After 40-Foot Fall Through Skylight At Hudson Valley School
Worker Critical After 40-Foot Fall Through Skylight At Hudson Valley School A construction worker is in critical condition after falling some 40 feet through a skylight at a Hudson Valley middle school. The incident took place in Dutchess County around 10 a.m., Wednesday, Aug. 2 at the Union Vale Middle School in Lagrangeville.  According to Det. Sgt. Adam Harris of the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office, the man was working on the skylight when he fell. The unidentified man was airlifted by helicopter to Westchester Medical Center in critical condition, Harris said.  This is a developing story. Check back to Daily Voice for updates. 

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by Kathy Reakes
Obituaries
Tree Service Worker Killed In Fall In Region At Age 57 Was 'One Of A Kind Trailblazer' Tree Service Worker Killed In Fall In Region At Age 57 Was 'One Of A Kind Trailblazer'
Tree Service Worker Killed In Fall In Region At Age 57 Was 'One Of A Kind Trailblazer' Tributes are pouring in for a tree service worker from the region who was killed in an on-the-job accident. Saratoga County resident Eric LaRue, of the town of Providence, died Wednesday, Dec. 28, at the age of 57, according to his obituary.  Earlier Report: Tree Service Worker Falls To Death In Wilton Emergency crews in Saratoga County were called at around 9 a.m. with reports that a man had fallen from a tree in the Town of Wilton on Mt. McGregor Road, according to the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office. Investigators said LaRue was working approximately 30 feet up in the tree when he fe…

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by Michael Mashburn