Police ID Utility Workers Electrocuted In Orange County

WARWICK, NY — The two utility workers who were killed when they were electrocuted Monday near Mount Peter have been identified by the police. Derrick Paris 51, of West Caldwell, New Jersey, and Justin McLoughlin, 28, of Trenton, Georgia, were contractors working on poles and guy wires for Wallingford, Connecticut-based E-J Electric when they died.

It is unclear what caused the electrocution while the men were working on a utility pole for Orange & Rockland Utilities, the Times Herald-Record reported.

Paris and McLoughlin came into contact with a 69,000-volt cable.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration was notified and an investigation has been launched, according to MidHudson News.

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