One Killed, One Injured While Working on Power Line Construction

Aug. 19, 2013
One man was killed and another was injured while constructing a major new power transmission line

One man was killed and another was injured the morning of August 14 while constructing a major new power transmission line near New Prague, Minn., authorities said. Both were employees of Aldridge Electric of Libertyville, Ill., a subcontractor on the area’s CapX2020 power line project.

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