Man taken to hospital after being shocked while trimming trees
A man was taken to the hospital after an accident involving power lines in west Wichita.
Just after 1 p.m. Monday, first responders were told that an accident happened while a person was trimming trees, Wichita fire Capt. Mark Misek said.
They found the man unconscious in the bucket of a 50-foot lift near the intersection of S. Custer and West Burton. It took crews some time to get into a position to reach the man, Misek said, before they were able to transport him to a hospital. He was taken in code blue, which means he was in near or full cardiac or respiratory arrest.
Parts of west Wichita, from the railroad tracks northwest of Friends University to Douglas and Meridian, were left without power. Most power has since been restored, but 136 customers were still without later in the afternoon, according to the Evergy outage map.
This story was originally published May 11, 2026 at 4:59 PM.
