On the afternoon of the 3rd, two men who were trimming tree branches in Niigata City collapsed and were transported to a hospital in an unconscious state. I'm here.
According to the police, before 4:00 pm on the 3rd, 119 calls were made to say that two men who were cutting branches of street trees in Chuo Ward, Niigata City, were injured, and the two men were unconscious in Niigata City. He was taken to an internal hospital.
Two people were transported, Hiroshi Tsuda (47), an office worker from Akiba Ward, Niigata City, and Tatsunobu Oda (33), an office worker from Kita Ward, Niigata City.
According to the police, the two men were on a work vehicle commissioned by Niigata City to cut branches of roadside trees, and it is believed that they were electrocuted by a high-voltage electric wire, and the details of the accident are being investigated. .
According to a man in the neighborhood who rescued the man, there was a "boom" and when he headed to the scene, the two men were lying down in the gondola of the work vehicle, and he called out but there was no response.
In addition, two people were wearing something like a safety belt, but they were wearing T-shirts, and one had a burn mark on his back.