OXFORD TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - Authorities say they believe a man who died while cutting tree limbs in New Jersey over the weekend was electrocuted.
The Express-Times in Easton reports (https://bit.ly/2e2DXFs ) the Warren County Prosecutor’s Office has identified the victim as 48-year-old Sean Loprinzi. Prosecutors say he was in a lift working on tree limbs at his friend’s property in Oxford Township Saturday afternoon when he touched an electrical wire with a gas-powered pole saw.
Warren County Prosecutor Richard Burke says the wires were carrying 7,200 volts.
Rescuers administered CPR on the scene and Loprinzi was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Investigators believe he died from electrocution, but the exact cause and manner of death will be determined through autopsy results.
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Information from: The (Easton, Pa.) Express-Times, https://www.lehighvalleylive.com
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