Overview
- Volusia County Public Works crews were doing routine canal maintenance in the Majestic Oaks neighborhood when a wheeled excavator struck an energized overhead power line and caught fire.
- The machine operator escaped the energized equipment, and a co‑worker who went to grab a fire extinguisher was shocked when he touched the electrified excavator.
- Emergency crews extinguished the blaze and the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office Air One helicopter flew the injured worker to Halifax Medical Center, where he remains in critical condition.
- Edgewater officials called the event an accident and offered support to the workers and their families while investigators from city and county agencies collect more facts.
- Neighbors and a bystander described helping pull the injured man away from the burning machine, and authorities have not released the workers’ names as the probe continues.