A man hanging Christmas lights at a home died by electrocution following an accident, California officials reported.
Antonio Pascual Mateo, 24, threw a string of lights over a high-voltage power line at 10:48 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 21, in Escondido, the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s office said in a news release.
He was electrocuted, officials said.
Paramedics found Mateo hanging upside down from a tree, officials said. He could not be revived and was pronounced dead at a hospital.
“He was a brother, a son and a uncle,” said a GoFundMe organized by his family. “He always took care of his mother and family.”
Mateo, who was stringing lights in a tree for a client, could not be rescued for an hour as paramedics waited for the power to be turned off, the GoFundMe said.
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