Aman working on a drilling rig near Palmdale died from electrical shock after equipment he was operating struck a power line, Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies said Thursday.
Scott Rounds, 24, of Oxnard, died at Palmdale Hospital Medical Center about 4 p.m. Wednesday. He had been taken there by a co-worker after a drilling rig he was operating struck and knocked down a power line in a field near Elizabeth Lake Road and Bouquet Canyon in Leona Valley, deputies said.
