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.

A worker was seriously hurt when he received an electric shock while hanging holiday 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 Massachusetts contractor was electrocuted and suffered life-threatening injuries on Wednesday morning while hanging Christmas lights, local law enforcement said. The incident unfolded when a 22-year-old contractor,

A Wellesley contractor was nearly killed after hanging Christmas lights on a tree outside. The man was using a pole to put up the lights when it touched an electrical line above a utility post sending an electric shock to him,

A man in Escondido, San Diego, was electrocuted to death on November 21 while trying to put up Christmas lights—with his lifeless body left hanging upside down by his waist harness. Knewz.com has learned that 24-year-old Antonio Pascual Mateo reportedly threw his Christmas lights over a high-voltage power line,