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Front Royal man fatally electrocuted in bucket truck accident

Aaron W. Bradley of Front Royal was killed in an electrocution accident in this D & E Tree and Landscaping bucket truck Apr. 15, 2011. Photo by Roger Bianchini/Warren County Report.

By Dan McDermott and Roger Bianchini
Warren County Report

FRONT ROYAL–A Front Royal man was fatally electrocuted in an accident Friday, Apr. 15.

Front Royal Police Chief Richard Furr said Aaron W. Bradley, 19 of Guard Hill Rd. in Front Royal, was killed at the intersection of North Shenandoah Ave. and Kendrick Lane. Bradley was in a raised bucket truck when he came into contact with a high voltage wire.

A medivac helicopter was called in but Bradley was pronounced dead in an Advanced Life Support ambulance before he could be airlifted from the nearby Randolph-Macon Academy Middle School soccer field.

Furr said police received a call of a possible electrocution at 3:29 p.m. Bradley was employed by D & E Tree and Landscaping.

Rescue workers arrive at the the intersection of North Shenandoah Ave. and Kendrick after Lane Aaron W. Bradley of Front Royal was injured in an electrocution accident. Bradley was pronounced dead shortly afterward. Apr. 15, 2011 photo by Roger Bianchini/Warren County Report.
Eric Bradley reacts after learning of the death of his brother Aaron W. Bradley of Front Royal in an electrocution accident Apr. 15, 2011. Photo by Roger Bianchini/Warren County Report.
Members of a D & E Landscaping crew react after learning of the death of co-worker Aaron W. Bradley of Front Royal in an electrocution accident Apr. 15, 2011. Photo by Roger Bianchini/Warren County Report.
An Advanced Life Support ambulance transported Aaron W. Bradley of Front Royal following an electrocution accident Apr. 15, 2011. Photo by Roger Bianchini/Warren County Report.

3 comments

  1. This is such a horrific thing that has happened… You all are in my thoughts and prayers… I love you all!

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  3. Aaron Wayne Bradley, 18, of Front Royal, died April 15.

    The funeral will be conducted Friday at 11 a.m. at Panorama Gardens.

    Arrangements are being handled by Maddox Funeral Home, Front Royal.
    Published in Northern Virginia Daily on April 19, 2011

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