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VIRGINIA

ARLINGTON

One worker killed while repairing main

One worker was killed and another was seriously injured after being shocked by an electric line while making repairs at the site of a water main break in Arlington.

The county identified the worker as James Bea, 59, a 24-year county employee, who died Wednesday. The other worker, who was not identified, suffered electrical burns.

Safety officials said the two men came into contact with a power line as they removed lighting that was used by crews working overnight to repair a broken pipe on Old Glebe Road.

The county said it’s working with the state’s workplace-safety agency to investigate the accident.

Dominion Power had cut power to make the area safe for rescuers, affecting about 1,000 customers, but it has since been restored. Repairs to the water main continued after new cracks opened.

ALEXANDRIA

Three indicted in man’s death

A federal grand jury has indicted three Virginia men in the death of a Maryland man during a robbery.

Eris Arguera, 21, of Alexandria; Alcides Umana, 21, of Arlington; and Adolfo Portillo, 28, of Alexandria, were indicted Tuesday. They were charged with use of a firearm during a crime of violence causing death and other offenses.

The indictment said Claros Luna, 40, of Maryland, was robbed and killed on July 29 in Alexandria while he was taking a woman from Maryland to Virginia for prostitution. The indictment says the three men were members of a conspiracy to extort money from people involved in prostitution.

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