MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. ā The Miami-Dade Police Department identified the man who was working for a Florida Power & Light subcontractor in the Palmetto Estates neighborhood when he died of electrocution as Jorge Hernandez.
Detectives investigated Hernandezās death Wednesday as an āindustrial accident.ā He had just turned 32 years old on Dec. 4, according to Detective Luis J. Sierraās news release Thursday.
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Hernandez had the ādangerous jobā of āservicing local power lines,ā according to Sierra, a spokesman for MDPD.
A witness said he called 911 after he saw him fall, shake and catch on fire. Firefighters had to extinguish the flames on the back of a bucket truck near the intersection of Southwest 107 Avenue and 162 Terrace.
Fire Rescue personnel took Hernandez to Jackson South Medical Center where staff pronounced him dead.
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