OTTAWA COUNTY, Mich. — A man is in critical condition after being electrocuted on a construction site in Ottawa County on Thursday.
Police say the accident happened around 12:30 p.m. in the 7000 block of Taylor Street in Blendon Township. A worker was operating a boom truck at a residential construction site when the boom was navigated into electrical wires, which caused a fire on the truck. The worker was then electrocuted, police say.
The worker, a 56-year-old South Haven man, was transported to a hospital in critical condition. Consumers Energy crews worked to de-energize the wires so fire crews could extinguish the fire.
The accident remains under investigation.
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