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17/12/2001
Man electrocuted in industrial accident in Belfast
A man has died in an industrial accident at a slip road off the M1 near Belfast.
Greg Cousins, 20, from Bowens Manor in Lurgan, County Armagh, who was working for a sub-contracting firm, was electrocuted when a crane touched an overhead power cable near Dunmurry shortly before 11pm on Saturday December 16.
John Douglas of the Ambulance Service said paramedics from two vehicles tried to help the man, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
A post-mortem examination of the man’s body was carried out on Sunday. (AMcE)
Greg Cousins, 20, from Bowens Manor in Lurgan, County Armagh, who was working for a sub-contracting firm, was electrocuted when a crane touched an overhead power cable near Dunmurry shortly before 11pm on Saturday December 16.
John Douglas of the Ambulance Service said paramedics from two vehicles tried to help the man, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
A post-mortem examination of the man’s body was carried out on Sunday. (AMcE)
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