SIESTA KEY, Fla. (AP) - A worker trimming trees in Florida was fatally electrocuted from a power line that was hanging low because of Hurricane Irma's winds.
The accident happened Sunday afternoon and the worker was pronounced dead at the scene.
Sarasota County Emergency Services said the victim was working in a bucket and could not be reached until Florida Power and Light could come and turn off the grid.
Hurricane Irma affected nearly every part of the state, and some two dozen deaths in Florida are attributed to the storm.
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