Mass. Man, 22, Hospitalized from Electric Shock While Hanging Christmas Lights on Tree: ‘He Took a Big Hit ... or contact with, a primary electrical line on a utility pole." ...

He was using a 34-foot pole to hang the lights when it came too close, or touched, an electrical line atop a utility pole, the Wellesley Police Department (WPD) said in a statement.

He was hanging lights using a pole that got too close to an electrical line, which shocked him, police said. The man, who works for the company NZ Power Wash in a neighboring town, was rushed to ...

Local News Contractor suffers life-threatening electric shock in Wellesley while hanging up Christmas lights Police said the man regained a pulse at the scene after first responders used an AED to ...

Antonio Pascual Mateo was hanging lights on the property and around a tree outside a client's home in Escondido, Calif. when he threw the string of lights over a powerline.