Los Angeles TV reporter 'progressing slowly' after power-line accident

May 23, 2000
Web posted at: 8:15 PM EDT (0015 GMT)

LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- KABC reporter Adrienne Alpert remained in stable but critical condition Tuesday and is "progressing slowly," a day after suffering burn injuries when an electrical jolt shot through the news van she was sitting in, officials at Sherman Oaks Hospital Grossman Burn Center said.

Alpert suffered third-degree burns over 25 percent of her body, including her right hand and forearm, her left upper arm and both her feet.

The accident occurred when the van's antenna was raised too close to high-voltage power lines, causing an electrical current to surge through the van.

According to the Los Angeles Fire Department, it was not immediately clear whether the microwave mast of the van actually touched the wires.

Alpert will undergo surgery Thursday or Friday to remove and replace dead tissue.

Alpert has worked for four years as a general assignment reporter for KABC. Before that she worked for 19 years as an anchor/reporter for KGTV in San Diego.

High voltage jolts news van, seriously injures reporter
May 22, 2000

Sherman Oaks Hospital and Health Center
  •  Grossman Burn Center
Los Angeles Fire Department

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