{"id":466478,"date":"2026-10-15T05:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T05:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/466478\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T05:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T05:38:08","slug":"one-dead-after-electrocution-at-downtown-austin-construction-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/466478\/","title":{"rendered":"One dead after electrocution at downtown Austin construction site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 One person died following an electrocution at a downtown Austin construction site Friday afternoon, according to the Austin Firefighters Association.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters responded to the scene on Oct. 9, where two people were located near live electrical lines, creating hazardous conditions for rescuers.<\/p>\n<p>According to the association, Austin Energy crews had to de-energize the electrical line before firefighters could safely access the individuals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/rv-destroyed-in-fire-on-pearce-lane-in-travis-county-officials-say\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ALSO| RV destroyed in fire on Pearce Lane in Travis County, officials say<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When the initial utility truck proved insufficient for the operation, a larger truck was dispatched with a police escort to expedite its arrival. Austin firefighters then used a ladder truck and bucket to reach both individuals.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the rescue efforts, one person was pronounced dead at the scene. Austin-Travis County EMS evaluated the second person, who did not require transportation to a hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Additional details about the circumstances surrounding the electrocution and the identity of the deceased were not immediately available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 One person died following an electrocution at a downtown Austin construction site Friday afternoon, according&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":466479,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-466478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=466478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/466479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}