Man electrocuted to death in freak accident hanging Christmas lights

A antheral died successful a freak mishap portion hanging Christmas lights astatine a home.

Antonio Pascual Mateo, 24, was putting up lights astatine a client’s location connected Thursday successful Escondido, California, erstwhile helium threw a drawstring implicit a powerline.

‘Sadly helium was electrocuted by the powerfulness lines, arsenic helium was fixing the Christmas lights,’ wrote Juan Pascual successful a GoFundMe page for his ceremonial arrangements successful Guatemala.

Mateo fell and was trapped connected the histrion for an hour.

‘Rescue squad was forced to hold until the powerfulness institution had to crook disconnected power. To precocious to save, everlastingly young helium volition remain,’ Pascual wrote.

‘Christmas lights everlastingly having a meaning to us, helium volition stay successful our hearts for eternity.’

Mateo was moving connected putting the lights connected the extortion and came successful interaction with a ‘high voltage powerline’, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner.

An onlooker called 911 and archetypal responders recovered him ‘hanging upside down from a tree’, stated the aesculapian examiner.

Paramedics administered precocious cardiovascular enactment and rushed Mateo to the closest hospital. Despite ‘aggressive resuscitative efforts’, helium was pronounced dormant astatine Palomar Medical Center.

His origin of decease was precocious voltage electrocution, and the mode was an accident.

Mateo was a son, member and uncle and ever cared for his parent and family.

‘He had truthful overmuch to live, lone 24 years old,’ stated the GoFundMe page.

‘He had been moving connected putting up Christmas lights astir the tree.’

The GoFundMe leafage to transport Mateo to his birthplace for his parent to person him had raised much than $14,000 arsenic of Wednesday afternoon.

Mateo died 3 months aft a teenage miss was electrocuted to death aft stepping connected her family’s camper successful Ohio with bare feet aft it had rained. Fire officials told her grieving household that the camper was unplugged and that determination were nary pain marks connected the door, but they judge her freak decease was owed to electrocution.

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