Tree trimmer electrocuted in Exeter Township
A 31-year-old worker died after his equipment contacted a Pennsylvania power line while trimming a hedgerow; OSHA is investigating.
A 31-year-old man was fatally electrocuted on Wednesday while trimming a hedgerow in Berks County, the coroner’s office said.
He died while in a bucket truck around 10:50 a.m. at the back of a house in the 4000 block of Grant Street in Exeter Township, according to a news release from the Berks County Coroner’s Office.