Workers electrocuted after tower touched powerlines

Two workers were electrocuted when a mobile tower light they were moving touched overhead powerlines, a court heard yesterday.

Fred Cook and John Crimmins died as a result of the 20,000-volt shock they suffered as they tried to illuminate overnight roadworks on the busy A66 dual-carriageway in County Durham.

The men, both from North Tyneside, were working for Newcastle-based Hatton Traffic Management Limited when the accident happened in January 2002.

The company has denied health and saf... (23 more words)

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