A man has been electrocuted after touching live power lines with a raised crane truck in Hobart’s Midway Point this afternoon.
The incident on Penna Road saw the bucket of the boom lift truck the 29-year-old was operating make contact with live lines around 2:30pm.
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Police say he was found conscious when emergency services arrived and rushed to the Royal Hobart Hospital in a stable condition.
A 59-year-old man who was also in the bucket at the time received a minor electrical shock and was taken to hospital for observation.
It is understood the men were undertaking tree lopping for a private business.
Work Place Safety Inspectors are currently investigating the incident, while TasNetwork work to restore power to around 1,550 affected properties.
