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Worker electrocuted at SRA building construction site just south of Deweyville
- KFDM 6 News
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A 37 year old man from Missouri was killed on Thursday when he came in contact with an electrical circuit on a construction job in nearby Orange County.
Deputies with the Orange County Sheriff's Department said the accident occurred around 11:00 AM at a building that was being built for the Sabine River Authority on Highway 87, about 3 miles south of Deweyville.
Captain Joey Jacobs said the man, who was working for a subcontractor on the job was working on a walk in cooler when he apparently came in contact with a live circuit.
Jacobs said a co-worker discovered the man's body and tried to perform CPR with no results.
The victim was later identified as Grady Scott Wilson, 37, of St. Louis, Missouri.