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Landscaper fatally electrocuted in northwest Miami-Dade

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. ā€“ A man was fatally electrocuted Thursday afternoon in the Golden Glades area of northwest Miami-Dade, officials said.

Neighbors on Northwest 140th Terrace told Local 10 News the victim was a landscaper who was working on a tree and hit a power line.

First responders from Miami-Dade Fire Rescue and the Miami-Dade Police Department were at the scene.

According to MDPD, the agencyā€™s homicide detectives are leading the investigation.

The Miami-Dade Medical Examinerā€™s Office will determine the manā€™s cause of death.


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Cody Weddle joined Local 10 News as a full-time reporter in South Florida in August of 2022. Before that, Cody worked regularly with Local 10 since January of 2017 as a foreign correspondent in Venezuela and Colombia.

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