(KNZA)--A Valley Falls man died over the weekend after he was electrocuted while climbing an electric tower.
Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Herrig identified the victim as 21-year-old Nathan Robertson.
Herrig told WIBW-TV that that Rock Creek Fire Department and Jefferson County AMR responded to the tower at the corner of North Owen and Condray Streets in Meriden around 8:30 Saturday night on reports of a man laying on the ground.
Robertson was transported to Topeka’s Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center, where he was pronounced dead.
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