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Worker Electrocuted At UNC's Kenan Stadium


A contract worker was electrocuted while working at Kenan Stadium on the University of North Carolina campus late Wednesday morning, officials said. According to UNC officials, 31-year-old Leland S. Williams of Burlington and his co-workers of Kemco of Burlington, Inc. were replacing light fixtures and bulbs on banks of field lights when the accident occurred. Williams died at the scene, said police. (WRAL.com)

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