ELLWOOD CITY — State police said an electrical worker was killed when his bucket truck tipped over as he was working on a utility pole.

Police identified the man as 54-year-old James D. George, of New Castle.

The Penn Power lineman was working Sunday in Wayne Township in Lawrence County. Police said he was in the raised bucket of a utility truck that was parked on an inclined road. Police said the vehicle became unstable, moving backward before tipping onto its side.

FirstEnergy, the parent company of Penn Power, said it is cooperating with police and conducting its own internal investigation.