- Unforgiving margins for error when working with dangerous utilities like electricity
- Incidents like this hit harder when they happen in your own community
- Tragedy reminds us of the human costs behind the critical work that keeps cities running
FORT WORTH – Some situations don’t come with warning. They don’t build up, they don’t trend, and they don’t give you time to process them before they become real. This was one of those situations.
Two workers were operating in a bucket truck in south Fort Worth when they made contact with a live power line, resulting in a severe electrocution that immediately turned routine work into a life-threatening moment. Firefighters responded to an electrocution call around 1:42 p.m. Friday to a gas station located at 3823 East Loop 820 in Fort Worth, the Fort Worth Fire Department said in a statement. Both men were rushed to the hospital in critical condition, and since then, one has been pronounced dead while the other continues to fight through serious injuries. There’s no indication yet of what caused the contact with the line, and that uncertainty leaves space for speculation, but more importantly, it highlights how quickly things can change when you’re working in environments where one mistake carries irreversible consequences.
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