THE Health and Safety Executive has completed its investigations into the deaths of two workers killed by an electric shock.
Fred Cook, 38, and John Crimmins, 33, died when a lighting rig they were moving touched an overhead power line, delivering a fatal 20,000- volt blast.
The pair, both from North Shields, had been carrying out resurfacing work on the A66 road, east of Bowes, County Durham.
An inquest has been opened and adjourned into the deaths in January.
The HSE has indicated that it could bring criminal charges if safe working practices were not in place at the site of the roadworks.
Mr Cook and Mr Crimmins worked for Hatton traffic management, of Newcastle, when the accident took place.
An HSE spokeswoman said: "Formal investigations have been completed and a report is now being prepared for the coroner. A decision on whether or not to go ahead with any kind of prosecution will be taken after the full inquest.
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