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POMPANO BEACH – A 55-year-old resident was was electrocuted while picking mangoes in his yard, deputies said Wednesday.
Eduardo Sandoval died at 7:51 p.m. Tuesday after being shocked in the back yard of his 248 NE 40th Court home, Broward Sheriff’s Office spokesman Jim Leljedal said.
Deputies and paramedics were called to the home after a “fall injury” was called in to 9-1-1. Arriving officers and rescue workers found Sandoval unconscious at the bottom of an aluminum ladder.
Leljedal said Sandoval apparently fell off the ladder when he touched a 7,000 volt powerline with a metal pole used to clean swimming pools. The pole was being used to knock mangoes from the tree to the ground.
Sandoval was rushed to North Broward Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
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Submitted on 05/22/2002
Submitted by:
Gary Thoenes
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Sun Sentinel May 22, 2002
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