A city of Wellington employee was killed after “coming into contact with an energized piece of equipment,” according to a city news release. It happened around 9:20 a.m. Wednesday at the city’s power plant. The electric distribution “lineman was part of a crew performing maintenance on wildlife guarding equipment,” the news release says. “Fire & EMS personnel transported the lineman to the local emergency room. Two other linemen at the work site were uninjured.” City manager Jeff Porter said they are not releasing “additional information about the employee or circumstances at this time.”
Source: Local News | Wichita Eagle
