NEW ROCHELLE, Westchester County (WABC) -- A worker in a lift was electrocuted outside a building in Westchester County Wednesday.
It happened at a construction site on Union Avenue in New Rochelle around 2:28 p.m.
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The cherry picker hit high voltage wires while he was performing exterior work on the building.
The worker, Alejandro Manuel Caisaguano Pellisa, 26, fell after he was shocked.
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OSHA is investigating.
Power was out in the immediate area, and New Rochelle police and fire were also on the scene.
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