The Lansing Board of Water & Light (BWL) regrets and acknowledges the death of a private tree contractor not associated with the BWL who was killed today in Delta Township after allegedly being electrocuted after touching a live wire. BWL crews volunteered to work with first responders to remove the victim from the tree.

"We deeply regret and are saddened by this death and our thoughts are with the family and friends during this difficult time,” said BWL General Manager Dick Peffley. 

This unfortunate incident also resulted in an approximate 1,200-person outage on the west-side of our service territory. We expect this outage to be restored shortly. 

Further information will be released by law enforcement. 

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