From The Tribune staff reports
BIRMINGHAM — The Jefferson County Coroner released the names of two contractors for Alabama Power who were electrocuted Tuesday, August 31, 2021.
The decedents were ” … employee(s) of Pike Electric, who was contracted by Alabama Power to assist with restoring power to the Adger community due to power lines damaged in a recent storm,” Jefferson County Coroner William Yates said in a statement about the deaths. Yates said the men died when they “came in contact with an energized power line.”