Electrician killed on Kohl’s job site

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Galesburg police say an Alexis man was killed while working on the electrical system for the new Kohl’s Department Store on Veterans Drive.

Police officials confirmed this afternoon that 33-year-old Benjamin M. Corben was killed on the job site just before 6:30 a.m. 

An official cause of death has not been released at this point, though authorities say Corben was found near the base of a ladder where he was working on an electrical circuit for the new store. 

Corben was a 15-year OSHA certified supervisor working with Mangieri electric. Calls to the Knox County Deputy Coroner who handled the fatality were not immediately returned and autopsy results have not yet been released. 

An investigation is ongoing.

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