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Coach killed while moving goal post

A high school football coach was electrocuted and a teenager severely burned Friday while trying to move a goal post near power lines at the Girard (Kan.) High School practice football field, authorities said.

Craig Crespino, 45, was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.

A 16-year-old boy was taken to St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Mo. His name and condition were not immediately known.

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