A van outfitted with a bucket elevate is parked Tuesday morning beside Foremost Avenue in Rangeley after a person reportedly using the bucket fell out and died after hitting wires suspended throughout the road. The deceased and the motive force had been subcontractors for Consolidated Communications, in line with police. Maine Division of Public Security picture
RANGELEY — A person subcontracted by Consolidated Communications died Tuesday morning after he fell from a bucket elevate atop a transferring van when it struck utility wires suspended throughout Foremost Avenue, in line with state police.
The person was pronounced useless on the scene and his id was withheld till his household was notified.
The van was pushed by Anton Natachiev of Brooklyn, New York, in line with a information launch late Monday evening by Shannon Moss, public info officer for the Maine Division of Public Security. The assertion stated Franklin County Dispatch acquired a 911 name at 10:48 a.m. of a person who fell out of a bucket because the van was touring south on the road.
State police troopers stated the 2012 Ford Econoline was outfitted with a bucket elevate and whereas the van was in movement, the bucket struck utility wires suspended by utility poles throughout Foremost Avenue, Moss wrote. The deceased man was believed to be within the bucket when it struck the wires.
Each males had been working as subcontractors for Consolidated Communications, Moss stated.
The incident stays underneath investigation by state police and the Maine Division of Labor.
Route 4 was closed till 4 p.m. whereas emergency crews labored on the scene.
Troopers had been assisted by the Rangeley Police Division, Franklin County Sheriff’s Workplace, Maine Division of Transportation, Rangeley Hearth Rescue Division, Central Maine Energy and NorthStar Ambulance.
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