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Show HIGH TENSION LINE KILLS 1, BURNS ANOTHER An 11,000 volt power line in Holladay electrocuted one and seriously burned another Salt Lake county flood control employe this week when the boom of their hoisting hoist-ing rig struck the line. Dead was Ray Elder, 45, Murray, Mur-ray, and burned was Donald Kay, 24, Midvale. Investigators said the two men were hoisting huge concrete blocks from a ditch onto their truck when the boom touched the high tension wire, located at 10S7 Lincoln Lane. Killed instantly, Elder, the operator, op-erator, was found in the rig. Burned and unconcious and in serious condition in a Salt Lake hospital, Kay was found on the ground beside the truck. |