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Coroner names men in accidental electrocution

By Todd Hatton/Paducah Sun

Mayfield, KY – Graves County coroner Phillip McClain Sunday identified two men killed Saturday attempting to move a large radio antenna in Mayfield. 60-year-old Willie Martin and 68-year-old Rayburn Sanderson, Senior, both of Mayfield, were electrocuted when they tried to move a citizens band radio antenna. The antenna fell on a main power line, and the two men were killed instantly. Two other men involved were taken to Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville. According to the Paducah Sun, authorities have not released their names.