Toronto utility worker has close call cutting power lines after bus crash

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  • 6 years ago
Maintenance following an incident in which a Toronto bus crashed into a utility pole on Wednesday (November 14) nearly turned disastrous when a worker cut away a power line he thought was already dead.

This video shows the moment the worker's close call.

According to a local journalist, he did not realise that there was still power running through the high voltage line.

At least 24 people, including the bus driver, were sent to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after the crash that afternoon. There were no serious injuries.

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