Man Trimming Tree on Long Island Electrocuted After Cutting Power Line

A landscape worker trimming a tree at a Long Island property was electrocuted Sunday morning when he accidentally cut into a power line, police said.

Oscar Diaz, a Brentwood resident, was working in a hydraulic bucket truck in front of a Commack home at about 10:30 a.m. when he made contact with the electrical line, Suffolk County police said.

He was pronounced dead at the scene. 

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