A man was electrocuted while trimming tree branches Friday morning in Southlake, police say.
In a statement, Southlake DPS said first responders were called about 11 a.m. to a possible rescue along the 900 block of West Dove Road. Police found a 46-year-old man unconscious and suspended by a harness in a tree.
Witnesses told officers that the man was a landscaping employee who had been trimming trees when he accidentally touched a live electrical wire.
Rescue crews worked to reach the man in the tree but soon discovered he was dead. Firefighters removed the man's body from the tree.
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His name has not been released.
No further details were available.
