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Tree trimmer electrocuted after pruning pole hits power line in Lauderdale
FORT LAUDERDALE -- A private tree trimmer was electrocuted this morning after his pruning pole hit an electrical line.
The trimmer was working about 8:35 a.m. Thursday in the 2000 block of Intercoastal Drive when his pole saw hit the overhead line, said Division Chief Bill Banks, with Fort Lauderdale Fire-Rescue.
The worker, described only as a 38-year-old man, was rushed to Broward General Medical Center where he was pronounced dead a short time later.
At this time, the death is being investigated and the cause of death has not been confirmed. Cause of death will be released when official notice is received from the Broward County Medical Examiner's Office, said Detective Kathy Collins, police spokeswoman.
The man has been identified, but his name will not be released until next-of-kin have been notified, she said.
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sun-sentinel.com
Posted January 9 2006, 2:13 PM EST
FORT LAUDERDALE – The tree trimmer who was killed last week while working around a powerline was identified by police on Monday as Fran Charles Droll, 39.
The cause of death, police said, was blunt force trauma caused by a 10-foot fall. Initially, rescuers thought that Droll may have been shocked. There was no evidence of foul play.
Droll had been trimming trees on the 2000 block of Intracoastal Drive around 8:45 a.m. last Thursday, Jan. 5, when police and firefighters were called about a man found injured and not breathing.
Fire Rescue rushed the man to Broward General Medical Center. He was pronounced dead by physicians at the hospital a short time later.
FORT LAUDERDALE -- A private tree trimmer was electrocuted this morning after his pruning pole hit an electrical line.
The trimmer was working about 8:35 a.m. Thursday in the 2000 block of Intercoastal Drive when his pole saw hit the overhead line, said Division Chief Bill Banks, with Fort Lauderdale Fire-Rescue.
The worker, described only as a 38-year-old man, was rushed to Broward General Medical Center where he was pronounced dead a short time later.
At this time, the death is being investigated and the cause of death has not been confirmed. Cause of death will be released when official notice is received from the Broward County Medical Examiner's Office, said Detective Kathy Collins, police spokeswoman.
The man has been identified, but his name will not be released until next-of-kin have been notified, she said.
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sun-sentinel.com
Posted January 9 2006, 2:13 PM EST
FORT LAUDERDALE – The tree trimmer who was killed last week while working around a powerline was identified by police on Monday as Fran Charles Droll, 39.
The cause of death, police said, was blunt force trauma caused by a 10-foot fall. Initially, rescuers thought that Droll may have been shocked. There was no evidence of foul play.
Droll had been trimming trees on the 2000 block of Intracoastal Drive around 8:45 a.m. last Thursday, Jan. 5, when police and firefighters were called about a man found injured and not breathing.
Fire Rescue rushed the man to Broward General Medical Center. He was pronounced dead by physicians at the hospital a short time later.
