City officials blame unknown contractor in electrocution

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A contractor who installed a metal fence directly above live wires is to blame for the electrocution of a 14-year-old Randallstown girl, city officials said Wednesday.

Deanna Green was killed Friday while stretching during a Christian league softball game at Druid Hill Park. Several city agencies have been investigating the incident, said Connie Baker, director of the city?s Department of Recreation and Parks, and believe Deanna was electrocuted after touching a fence surrounding the field and a shorter fence in front of the players bench at the same time.

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