Vic: Man critical after electric shock

AAP General News (Australia)
04-18-2006
Vic: Man critical after electric shock

A Melbourne man is in a critical condition in hospital .. after receiving an electric
shock while changing light bulbs at a car dealership in the city's north.

The man .. aged in his 30s .. was injured shortly before 1 pm (AEST) .. at the car
yard on Sydney Road .. Coburg North.

WorkSafe says the man had been changing the light bulbs on a cherry-picker.

He died at the scene .. but was brought back to life by paramedics who treated him for some time.

He's been taken to Royal Melbourne Hospital in a critical condition.

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KEYWORD: ELECTROCUTED (MELBOURNE)

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