Electric shock sends man to hospital

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Paramedics were called to a private property just northwest of Calgary at about 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, December 8, 2015 for reports of a man receiving a serious electric shock.

Paramedics found a man in his mid-30’s who had been shocked after he climbed about five metres up a power pole on the property in the MD of Rockyview. He had fallen to the ground and sustained serious, non-life-threatening injuries.

The victim was taken to Foothills Hospital where he is in stable condition with burns. No one else was injured.

RCMP and Occupational Health and Safety are investigating the incident.