A 'beloved" Unison Network worker has been taken to hospital in a critical condition, after receiving a suspected electric shock at the lines company's Hastings depot.
St John Ambulances were called to Hawke's Bay's Unison Networks depot in Hastings at 1pm to attend a male patient, and a St John spokeswoman said a paramedic and an ambulance were on site six minutes later.
"That patient has been taken in a critical condition to Hawke's Bay Hospital."
The spokeswoman said a response unit with an intensive care paramedic on board and an ambulance were both dispatched to the scene.
Unison relationships manager Danny Gough confirmed a staff member had been taken to hospital after suffering what appeared to be an electric shock.