Worker electrocuted in northwest Miami-Dade
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Miami-Dade police are investigating after they say a man was electrocuted Thursday morning in northwest Miami-Dade.
The incident happened just before 5:45 a.m. at Adonel Concrete, located at 830 NW 73rd St.
Sky 10 was above the scene around 6:30 a.m. as a tarp covered the victim’s body on the ground.
According to authorities, officers and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel arrived at the business to find a man in his 60s unresponsive on the ground.
Police say they discovered the victim and another employee were reporting to work when a transformer blew, causing an electrical wire to fall and strike the victim.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The victim’s identity has not yet been released.
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