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Apparent accidental electrocution kills man on job site in Prairie Village

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Prairie Village police this afternoon announced that a man working on a construction site near 79th and State Line Road died of electric shock. The deceased was identified as 48-year-old Michael T. Young.

The press release from the police department is below:

On November 5, 2019, at approximately 1:26 p.m., Prairie Village officers were dispatched to the 7900 block of State Line Road on a report of a medical emergency. Upon arrival, 48-year-old Michael T. Young was found deceased after an apparent accidental death by electrocution while working at a job site. This is an on-going investigation.

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Jay Senter
Jay Senter

Jay Senter is the founder and publisher of the Johnson County Post.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in business at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, where he worked as a reporter and editor at The Badger Herald.

He went on to receive a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Kansas. While he was in graduate school, he also worked as a reporter for the Lawrence Journal-World.

His reporting has appeared in the Kansas City Star, The Pitch and The New York Times, among other publications.

Senter was the recipient of the Johnson County Community College Headliner Award in 2023.

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