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Tree worker critically injured

BELLEVUE, Neb. (AP) — A tree trimmer in Bellevue has been taken to a hospital in critical condition after coming into contact with a live power line.

Bellevue police say the man was working in a back yard Friday afternoon when his ladder touched the power line. The man was breathing but unconscious when rescuers arrived.

His name has not been released.


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