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.

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