Worker Electrocuted To Death On Long Island

PLAINVIEW, N.Y. (AP) -- Police on Long Island say a 21-year-old male worker was electrocuted to death when his aluminum extension ladder struck overhead power lines.

Police say it happened just after 2 p.m. Friday while the man was replacing gutters on Morton Drive in Plainview.

His name was not immediately released.

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