A southwest Kansas firefighter has died after he was shocked by a power line while searching for the victims of a crash. Morton county deputies and emergency crews responded just before 6 p.m. Sunday to a rollover accident south of Rolla. A deputy and a firefighter arrived on scene minutes later. “In the process of searching for victims of the rollover, the first responding firefighter received an electrical shock from damaged power lines,” emergency management said on Facebook. Other responders began CPR, and the firefighter was taken to the county hospital where he was pronounced dead. His name has not been released. Emergency management has not provided any additional information about the crash.
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