Firefighters said the workers were trimming trees at Pershing Road and Greenwood Avenue near the Waukegan Generating Station, a now-shuttered coal-fired power plant. The workers' crane touched a power line, which energized the truck and gave the workers an electric shock.

Two employees with Waukegan’s Public Workers department were electrocuted while trimming trees on Thursday, authorities said.

The fire department said a crane boom on a truck came into contact with a power line, electrifying the truck and injuring the two men.

Two Waukegan Public Works employees were hospitalized on Thursday after their truck's crane boom made contact with a power line.