Person electrocuted while trimming palm tree in Oakland Park, fire department says
An investigation is underway after a person was electrocuted in an Oakland Park neighborhood on Monday morning.
It happened around 9:30 a.m. on a residential property near the intersection of NE 34th Street and NE 17th Avenue.
Oakland Park Fire Rescue said the person who died was a male and he was apparently trimming a palm tree on the property when it happened.
A neighbor said he believes the person was an employee of a landscaping company that was doing work in the area.
"It seems so. They interviewed a bunch of people from that company, which is a landscaping company, across the street and they all seemed dejected. So, I believe that's who it was, that's only conjecture," he said.
Since the incident involved a death, the Broward Sheriff's Office has assumed the lead in the investigation.