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Painter electrocuted on Sunday afternoon

Boom collides with live power lines, power outages occur following incident
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A painter was electrocuted on Sunday afternoon in central Abbotsford. (John Morrow/Abbotsford News)

One man was rushed to hospital yesterday afternoon after suffering burns from electrocution.

Abbotsford Fire Rescue Service, British Columbia Ambulance Service and the Abbotsford Police Department responded after 4 p.m. on Sunday to a condomonium development on Mayfair Avenue between McCallum Road and Cottage Lane for a painter that had been electrocuted.

The painter had been working on a boom lift when it collided with live power lines. The man was brought to the hospital conscious and there were sporadic power outages throughout central Abbotsford as a result of this incident.

More to come.