A 56-year-old man who was electrocuted Friday while trimming trees in Brookside has been identified as James Bradley Meinert, of Virgin.
Authorities said the man, who was doing work on private property around 3:30 p.m., was about 25 feet in the air inside a lift basket when he ran into power lines carrying about 39,000 volts.
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When the first responders arrived, they managed to lower the man from the lift and begin CPR, said Steve Haluska, chairman of the Northwestern Special Service District. The controls on the lift were burned out because of the electricity, so the chief had to figure out how to bypass the controls to lower the bucket.
Roxana Orellana
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