Worker seriously hurt in fall, contact with live wires at North Park construction site

Publish Date: 2023/10/12

SAN DIEGO, CA — A construction worker was hospitalized with serious injuries following a 30-foot fall Tuesday morning in San Diego’s North Park neighborhood, reports ABC10 News.

The San Diego Police Department and Fire-Rescue Department crews said the incident occurred in the 3900 block of Oregon Street, off University Avenue, just before 10:00 a.m.

Preliminary details indicate the victim was working alongside the framework of an apartment building when he fell from scaffolding. Authorities said the worker struck and was shocked by live electrical lines during his fall, which resulted in severe burns to his body.

First responders rushed the victim to Hillcrest’s UCSD Medical Center.

No updates on the victim’s condition have been made available at this time, and it remains unclear what caused him to fall from the structure.

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