A 25-year-old man was electrocuted Thursday while working in the ceiling of a restaurant in the University Park community of Los Angeles and rushed to a hospital in critical condition.
Paramedics were dispatched at 12:45 p.m. Thursday to 2718 S. Figueroa St., the Los Angeles Fire Department reported. An online search revealed that a Taco Bell restaurant is at that address.
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