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Sep 16, 2008 11:40 pm US/Eastern

Line Worker Electrocuted In Mercer County

DELAWARE TOWNSHIP (KDKA) ― An electric company worker was killed Tuesday afternoon when he apparently stepped on a live wire in Mercer County.

Paul Lemke, 43, of Columbia, NJ, was working in a wooded area off of Pew Road in Delaware Township.

He was taken to UPMC Greenville where he was pronounced dead as a result of the electrocution.

Officials have ruled his death accidental.

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