A disturbing mystery is unfolding in Richmond, California, where residents say birds are being killed at an alarming rate. "It's very traumatic," said a local resident.
Police say workers were erecting a scaffolding when the wind took down a pole, and two of the workers tried to grab it just as it struck a high tension wire.
Authorities say 51-year-old Derrick Paris, of West Caldwell, New Jersey, and 28-year-old Justin McLoughlin, of Trenton, Georgia, were working as private contractors for Orange and Rockland Utilities.
Officials say the victim were private contractors doing work for Orange and Rockland Utilities on the lines that cross the mountain.
Authorities in Solano County say two teenage boys were electrocuted while trying to rescue a dog from an irrigation canal at an orchard.
Officials are investigating after a woman and child died at a North Carolina motel following an air conditioning unit malfunction that emitted smoke in their room.