Landscaper fatally electrocuted while cutting tree in Bellmore, police say
A landscaper cutting a tree in Bellmore was fatally electrocuted on Thursday, Nassau police said. Credit: Getty Images/Ajax9
A landscaper was fatally electrocuted while cutting down a tree in Bellmore on Thursday, Nassau County police said.
The landscaper, a man whose name was not immediately released by authorities, was cutting down a tree about 5:30 p.m. on Tanwood Court when he was electrocuted, police said in a Friday news release. A limb from the downed tree struck an electrical line, energizing it with electricity, police said.
A Nassau County police medic pronounced the landscaper dead at the scene.
Police are investigating. Police did not provide the name of the victim's employer.
Nicole Fuller is Newsday's senior criminal justice reporter. She began working at Newsday in 2012 and previously covered local government.
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