Man Identified In New Kensington Electrocution

The medical examiner has identified the man electrocuted while painting a New Kensington Habitat for Humanity complex.

Forty-eight-year-old Paul Thompson of Pittsburgh was working at the facility on Industrial Boulevard Wednesday when he somehow came in contact with high voltage power lines.

Thompson and a co-worker had just finished painting the outside of the building and were on the roof when the accident happened.

Diane Belitskus, the executive director of the Allegheny Valley Chapter of Habitat for Humanity, said that the co-worker told her he tried desperately to revive the man.

"He saw burn marks on the man and he wasn't hopeful he was going to be OK," Belitskus said.

Thompson was working for Modern Painting and Decorating, which is based in Springdale.