GLEN RIDGE — A Comcast worker was killed while apparently working on a utility pole in Glen Ridge this morning.

PSE&G spokeswoman Brooke Fisher said the company sent an electric employee to the area of Appleton Road and Thomas Road after receiving calls from multiple customers complaining about an outage in the area.

The worker quickly located a blown fuse, and requested a second employee to help investigate what had caused it. As they canvassed the area, they found the Comcast employee on a ladder, leaning up against a utility pole, Fisher said.

The man appeared unresponsive, and they used rescue pole training to attempt to bring him down from the ladder as police and medical responders made their way to the scene.

Officers assisted in retrieving the man, but he was pronounced dead a short time later. Authorities declined to identify him, saying his family had yet to be notified as of this afternoon.

The incident remains under investigation by Glen Ridge police and the Essex County Prosecutor's Office.

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