Power transmission company employee electrocuted while cutting branches

An employee of power transmission operator ADMIE has been hospitalized after being electrocuted while cutting branches near power lines in the northwestern region of Florina.

State broadcaster ERT said the accident happened after a branch fell on a high voltage cable.

The man, who suffered burns on 60% of his body, has been intubated in the burns unit of Papanikolaou hospital in Thessaloniki.