Landscaper electrocuted after trimmer hits power lines in Hauppauge

A landscaper was electrocuted and killed Tuesday morning when his tree trimmer touched power lines and knocked him off a 16-foot ladder in a Hauppauge backyard, police said.

Darwin Morales-Martines, 31, of Central Islip was trimming trees behind a home at 2 Richwood Lane about 10:30 a.m. when the cutter he was using made contact with overhead power lines, police said.

The shock sent Morales-Martines falling from the ladder. He was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead…

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