
CAPE CORAL, Fla. A property maintenance worker was electrocuted on Saturday while trimming trees on the 1000 block of Vendome Court, the Cape Coral Police Department said.
Cape Coral police on Wednesday released a report on the incident, which said that the unidentified worker was pronounced dead at the scene.
The worker was on a hydraulic lift and hit a wire with a metal handsaw, the report said. The lift shorted out and was stuck until fire officials arrived, the report said.
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