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Ohio Firefighter Electrocuted Following Traffic Accident

Columbia Township Fire Department

The Ohio Highway Patrol says two people died and two were seriously injured Sunday after touching power lines that were downed when a car crashed into a utility pole in Elyria. 

The patrol says the two men in the car were shocked as were a man and woman who tried to help them.  Killed were  Columbia Township firefifgher Brett Wilson, who tried to help, along with car passenger Brett Reszler. The cause of the accident is under investigation.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.