Landscaper in Critical Condition After Being Shocked by Power Line in Tustin

Landscaper in Critical Condition After Being Shocked by Power Line in Tustin
(Courtesy of the Orange County Fire Authority)
City News Service
7/25/2022
Updated:
7/25/2022
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TUSTIN, Calif.—A man was hospitalized in critical condition Saturday evening after he suffered an electric shock while trimming a tree at a house in unincorporated Tustin.

Firefighters were summoned at 4:52 p.m. to the area of La Limonar Road and Arroyo Avenue, according to the Orange county Fire Authority.

They heard landscapers in a tree yelling for help after coming in contact with electrical wires. The men were holding a man who was unresponsive.

The firefighters used an aerial ladder to get the men and took the injured man to a hospital in critical condition, officials said.

(Courtesy of the Orange County Fire Authority)
(Courtesy of the Orange County Fire Authority)