Men died after lorry hit cables

Two workmen were electrocuted as they helped tarmac a laneway on a Co Tyrone farm, an inquest heard yesterday.

Two workmen were electrocuted as they helped tarmac a laneway on a Co Tyrone farm, an inquest heard yesterday.

Mr James Joseph Fox (50), from Loughview Crescent, Milltown, Birches, and Mr Michael Robinson (38), from Richmond Park, Ballygawley, were killed instantly when a lorry tipping tar into a spreader they were operating came into contact with overhead electricity lines.

The incident happened at Derryfubble Road, Dungannon, on February 14th, 1994.

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