Man killed by shock
A poultry farmer suffered a fatal electric shock on his property at Templeton .yesterday. He was ; Colin Fitzgerald, aged 40, married, of Maddison's Road, Templeton. The Hornby police said that the accident had occurred about 11.15 a.m. as Mr Fitzgerald was moving a feed silo on his poultry farm, near the intersection of Maddisons Road and WeedonsRoss Road. The jib of the crane had apparently touched 11,000-volt power lines.
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Press, 2 May 1981, Page 2
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