Fire officials said two employees of Waukegan Public Works were rushed to hospital after a power line energized their truck.

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

Two city workers from Waukegan were rushed to the hospital Thursday morning after they were shocked by power lines. Firefighters said the workers were trimming trees at Pershing Road and Greenwood Avenue near the Waukegan Generating Station,

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.