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Man Electrocuted Outside His Home

A 38-year-old Livingston County man is dead after coming in contact with a power line Tuesday morning.

Police say the  man, from Conway Township, was using a mechanical lift to work on the outside of his house when he was electrocuted by an overhead power line.

The electricity caused the man and his clothes to catch on fire. The man, whose name was not immediately released, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Michigan State police are investigating

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