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    Angry Icestorm accidents

    Four Kansas City electrical workers were hurt while trying to restore power in rural southwest Missouri, authorities there said.

    Exact details were unavailable, but the crew apparently was stringing electrical lines in a field near Brighton, Mo., when they received a shock sometime after 2 p.m. Tuesday, said Craig Jones, fire chief with Morrisville Fire and Rescue. Being out in a field complicated the rescue.

    The injured people were sent to a hospital in Springfield — three by helicopter, one by ground ambulance, Jones said.

    The injured workers are from PAR Electrical Contractors Inc., a Kansas City firm, said Amy Bass, a spokeswoman with Empire District Electric in Joplin. Their names and medical conditions were unavailable Wednesday night.

    Jones described one victim’s injuries as serious, three others’ less so.

    Southwest Missouri has been recovering from a severe ice storm that knocked out power across the region. At the worst point, Empire District had 85,000 customers without power, Bass said. The company hired several hundred contract workers, such as the ones who were hurt Tuesday, to help repair the damage.

    Tuesday’s accident was only the latest in a series of problems the storm has brought to the area, Jones said. Firefighters have been busy responding to house fires, carbon monoxide poisonings and other ice-related woes.

    Officials with PAR Electrical could not be reached for comment Wednesday.

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