UW-Madison electrician apparently electrocuted

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - University of Wisconsin Madison officials say the man who died in an apparent electrocution was a campus electrician.

Police and firefighters were called to the Humanities Building Tuesday afternoon on a report of an electrocution in an attic above Mills Concert Hall. The employee was taken to University Hospital, but he could not be revived.

The university says the man was pronounced dead shortly after 5 p.m. He has not been identified.

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