An Arkansas man visiting family for the holidays died New Year’s Eve after a metal pole he was moving made contact with a power line.
Glen Sanders, 54, of Four City, Ark., died at Joseph M. Still Burn Center in Augusta, Ga., at 9:17 a.m., Monroe County Coroner Alan Gurley reported.
Sanders and his son were visiting a friend who lives in the 50000 block of Becker Bottom Road in Monroe County. Both were moving the pole in the morning Dec. 31 when it contacted the line and electrocuted both of them.
Glen Sanders was airlifted to North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo and later flown to the burn center.
Sanders’ son, whose first name was not available, is recovering from his injuries, family members told Gurley. The younger Sanders is from Amory.
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