2 electrocuted, killed while working on roof of church in Camp Springs

Two men were killed on May after they were electrocuted while working on the roof of a building in Camp Springs Maryland WTOP Mike Murillo Two men were killed on May after they were electrocuted while working on the roof of a building in Camp Springs Maryland WTOP Mike Murillo Two men were killed Tuesday morning after they were electrocuted while working on the roof of a church in Camp Springs Maryland according to first responders The men were doing work in the block of Allentown Road at around a m when a ladder they were using touched a high voltage power line electrocuting them according to a spokesman for Prince George s County Fire and EMS Firefighters responded to the scene and discovered both workers dead Officers have not circulated their identities A WTOP reporter at the scene saw Pepco workers and investigators examining a power pole near the roof of First Baptist Church of Camp Springs A witness informed WTOP he saw the aftermath of what happened They were laying there dead and they caught on fire man we watched them burn for like about an hour until the power company came and turned the power off Abdullah Ghannam mentioned He noted he stepped away because he became overwhelmed by what was happening but came back in affair he needed to talk to investigators No one could do anything And we were like man they can t get the ladder off to de-energize the ladder and get it off the power pole The fire department couldn t do anything Everyone s standing around just watching And you know it was very sad Ghannam mentioned Below is a map of the area where the event occurred Courtesy Google Maps Source