A Little League Baseball tournament game at Bruce E. Henry Park on Ritchey Street, just west of Northway Road,Loyalsock Township, was interrupted late Sunday afternoon after a baseball coach received an electric shock when the fence he was leaning up against suddenly became energized, according to Loyalsock Township Fire Chief Rich Caschera.

The coach, whose identity was not released, was not harmed and he declined medical treatment following the incident, which occurred about 4:20 p.m., Cashera said.

“High winds were kicking up. The winds dislodged a component, a fuse mechanism, on top of a tranformer,” Caschera explained.

A powerline blew off the transformer, came in contact with a support wire, which in turn energized a nearby fence in the dugout, where the coach was with other team members, Cashera said. The name of the team the coach was coaching was not known.

While the game was stopped, players were practicing on the field when firefighters arrived on the scene.

Coaches and the umpire had moved quickly to get all players safely away from the fence, Caschera said.

Using a two-foot long tool called “a hot stick,” firefighters confirmed that there was an electrical current running through the fence.

The firefighters ordered everyone off the field until a PPL crew arrived and isolated-corrected the problem, Cashera said. The players were moved to an adjacent field at the park.

The game resumed about 5:30 pm., but it was unknown how many more innings were played before the region was hit by an intense thunderstorm.