A contractor hanging up holiday lights at a Wellesley home suffered a life-threatening electric shock and was revived by a defibrillator on Wednesday, according to police.

A contractor who was hanging holiday lights on a tree outside a Wellesley home Wednesday has been rushed to the hospital after being seriously shocked, officials say.

The Wellesley Police Department reports that a man apparently got “a life-threatening electrical shock” while installing holiday lights on a large tree on Falmouth Circle on Wednesday, Nov. 27, at […]

A worker was seriously hurt when he received an electric shock while hanging Christmas lights on a tree in Wellesley, Massachusetts, on Wednesday morning, police said. The contractor was rushed to the hospital from Falmouth Circle with life-threatening injuries after the incident about 10 a.

Police said the man was installing holiday lights on a large tree using a pole, which appeared to come in close proximity, or actual contact, with a primary electrical line on a utility pole.

A man was nearly electrocuted to death after being hired to hang Christmas lights on a large tree in Massachusetts, police said.

A worker was seriously hurt when he received an electric shock while hanging Christmas lights on a tree in Wellesley, Massachusetts, on Wednesday morning, police said.

A Wellesley police officer said that the contractor "will be pretty lucky if he survives" after he was resuscitated by first responders on Thanksgiving Eve

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