WCLR
10-25-2007, 12:01 AM
N. Idaho utility worker electrocuted
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HAYDEN, Idaho -- A 23-year-old north Idaho utility worker has died after being electrocuted while working near Coeur d'Alene.
Jake Booth had worked for the Kootenai Electric Cooperative since 2005.
Authorities say the accident happened Tuesday as Booth was helping place a power pole.
He leaves behind a wife and infant son.
Kootenai Electric Cooperative investigators have joined officers from the Kootenai County Sheriff's Department who are trying to figure out what went wrong.
Kootenai Electric has 75 employees and more than 21,000 member accounts in parts of Kootenai, Benewah, Bonner and Spokane counties.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HAYDEN, Idaho -- A 23-year-old north Idaho utility worker has died after being electrocuted while working near Coeur d'Alene.
Jake Booth had worked for the Kootenai Electric Cooperative since 2005.
Authorities say the accident happened Tuesday as Booth was helping place a power pole.
He leaves behind a wife and infant son.
Kootenai Electric Cooperative investigators have joined officers from the Kootenai County Sheriff's Department who are trying to figure out what went wrong.
Kootenai Electric has 75 employees and more than 21,000 member accounts in parts of Kootenai, Benewah, Bonner and Spokane counties.