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Worker in Fairview killed in electrical accident

A city worker in Fairview who was installing electric services to a local church has been killed.City Manager Dale Sides told The Oklahoman that 25-year-old Matthew Meister died Monday while installing an electric meter at Mennonite Brethren Church.Sides says authorities are still trying to...

A city worker in Fairview who was installing electric services to a local church has been killed.

City Manager Dale Sides told The Oklahoman that 25-year-old Matthew Meister died Monday while installing an electric meter at Mennonite Brethren Church.

Sides says authorities are still trying to determine what happened — but says Meister may have slipped and fell into a set of wires.

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Information from: The Oklahoman, http://www.newsok.com

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