Tree trimmer electrocuted in Tanglewilde area

HOUSTON The Houston Fire Department says the man was trimming trees in the backyard of a home when his aluminum pole came into contact with high voltage lines and electrocuted him.

Firefighters had to wait for the power to be cut off, before they could approach the man, but he appeared to be already dead when they first arrived on the scene.

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