MARQUETTE, MI – A community in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula honored a fallen lineman this week.

Bucket trucks flanked Third Street in downtown Marquette for a memorial honoring Jack Rantanen , a 25-year-old journeyman lineman who was fatally struck by a vehicle while prepping a jobsite. The buckets were extended over the road, creating a tunnel that vehicles could drive through.

On Oct. 20, Rantanen was laying wire on the side of M-553 near Silver Creek Road in Sands Township when the crash happened. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Fellow lineman Jonny Betz organized the tribute, which is a tradition when a lineman dies in a work-related incident, WBUP/WJMN reports . Trucks from Marquette Board of Light and Power, the Upper Peninsula Power Company and the Hooper Corporation (wh

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