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Dallas News

Just days after three workers were injured in a crane accident at the new Dallas Cowboys stadium, an electrician was electrocuted there Saturday while performing tests on some of its wiring.

Timothy Mackinnon, 45, of Arlington was standing on a ladder when he touched a high-voltage line in the ceiling of the stadium's concourse level, said Neal Strasser, a battalion chief with the Arlington Fire Department.

Mr. Mackinnon, a journeyman electrician, was knocked off his feet but became wedged between the ladder and the stadium wall, where he hung until a co-worker spotted him and carried him to the ground, Chief Strasser said.

"When we arrived, one of his co-workers was already performing CPR," Chief Strasser said. "We took over and began performing advanced life-saving efforts. They performed CPR on him all the way to Arlington Memorial Hospital.

This is terrible.