Electrical worker killed in Severna Park was trainee

The Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. contractor that lost a worker Saturday night in Severna Park is investigating how the trainee came into contact with the live wire that fatally shocked him.

At just before 10 p.m., Thomas Kikas Jr., 19, of Middle River in Baltimore County, was working to restore power to four homes in the 200 block of Berrywood Drive when he was shocked by a hot line. He was working in a 3-foot-deep hole he had dug when he lost consciousness, county police said.

A co-worker pulled Mr. Kikas from the hole and attempted to revive him. Mr. Kikas was taken by ambulance to Baltimore Washington Medical Center in...