Florida Man Electrocuted and Killed While Trimming Trees [Video]

A man in Florida has died after being electrocuted while trimming trees.

On Thursday, June 27, a man in Hudson, near Tampa Bay, was trimming palm trees at around 3 p.m. local time when he may have come into contact with nearby power lines, according to a press release from the Pasco Sheriff’s Office, as well as reports from the Tampa Bay Times and local affiliate station FOX 13.

The man, who has not been publicly identified by officials, was working by himself at the intersection of Maria Drive and Sea Ranch Drive, using an elevated bucket. One neighbor who saw the incident from his garage told FOX 13 that his death happened in a matter of seconds.

“I was working in the garage and heard all these electrical explosions, like transformers,” neighbor Henry Foytik recalled, adding that he even saw the man’s waistband on fire.

“I look across the street …