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Worker electrocuted on ladder near Ortman Ln and S 9th StLafayette IN

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Ortman Ln & S 9th St, Lafayette, IN 47909

A worker was electrocuted while on a ladder working on a power line near Ortman Lane and South 9th Street. The worker was breathing and talking at the scene when emergency services were dispatched.

Audio|Source: Tippecanoe County Fire
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Transcript:
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Engine 8, engine 8, be en route to the intersection of South 9th Street and Ortman Lane for a man working on a power line on a ladder, got electrocuted.
00:08
Status is unknown, go further on Channel 8, timeout 1201.
00:17
Squad 7 only, be en route to assist engine 8, Ortman Lane and South 9th Street.
00:23
Squad 7, standard dispatch.
00:29
Squad 7, Squad 7 only, be in route, Ortman Lane in South 9th Street.
00:36
This is going to be in reference to a worker that was working on a power line, possibly got electrocuted.
00:43
He is breathing and talking currently still up on the ladder.
00:47
Again, Ortman and South 9th to assist engine 8.
00:51
Squad 7, we're on Channel 8, 1205.

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Ortman Ln & S 9th St, Lafayette, IN 47909
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