Construction worker hospitalized with electrical burns
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Posted 7:21AM on Thursday, January 17, 2002
SMYRNA - A 42-year-old construction worker sustained serious electrical burns after a truck boom lifting pipe hit a power line near Cumberland Mall. <br>
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The accident happened about 1:15 p.m. Wednesday when a drilling company was laying fiber optic cable along Cobb Parkway.<br>
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The worker was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital burn unit in serious condition. <br>
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The worker's name was not released. <br>
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The accident knocked out traffic signals for 45 minutes along southbound Cobb Parkway.