A worker reportedly fell and was electrocuted outside of the Dorchester Apartments
A worker reportedly fell and was electrocuted outside of the Dorchester Apartments
A worker reportedly fell and was electrocuted outside of the Dorchester Apartments
A worker reportedly fell and was electrocuted outside of the Dorchester Apartments
A worker reportedly fell and was electrocuted outside of the Dorchester Apartments
A worker reportedly fell and was electrocuted outside of the Dorchester Apartments
(Updated at 12:30 p.m.) Police are on scene of an electrocution at the Dorchester Apartments on the 2000 block of Columbia Pike.
Police and medics were dispatched to the rear of the apartment community around 11:20 a.m. after multiple 911 callers reported that a man fell from a ladder or a rooftop and was electrocuted by nearby power lines.
The victim was transported to a local hospital with critical injuries, according to Arlington County Police Department spokeswoman Ashley Savage.
Police and crews from Dominion Power remain on scene. A blackened portion of a metal downspout, potentially indicating contact with the electrical lines, could be seen near where the victim fell.
Occupational safety inspectors have been called to the scene for an investigation.
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