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Tree Trimmer In Critical Condition After Getting Electrical Shock

A tree trimmer working from a bucket truck in Lutz was electrocuted when he hit a power line with his chainsaw.

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A tree trimmer working from a bucket truck in Lutz was electrocuted when he hit a power line with his chainsaw.
A tree trimmer working from a bucket truck in Lutz was electrocuted when he hit a power line with his chainsaw. (Pasco County Fire)

LUTZ, FL — A tree trimmer was flown to the hospital in critical condition Thursday after receiving an electrical shock, according to Pasco Fire Rescue.

On Thursday at around 9:15 a.m., Pasco Fire Rescue responded to a call in the 21000 block of Northwood Drive in Lutz after a tree trimmer in a bucket truck hit a live power line with a chain saw.

When firefighters arrived, they found the bucket truck in flames. They doused the fire and had a helicopter fly the tree trimmer to the hospital.

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