Antonio Pascual Mateo, 24, died from 'high voltage electrocution' as he was putting up Christmas lights on a roof in Escondido, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 21
Antonio Pascual Mateo was killed after he threw his lights over a nearby high-voltage power line on Nov. 21, authorities sayEscher Walcott is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE, covering stories in Entertainment, Style, Human Interest.She joins having written for several popular news publications, including Glamour, Refinery29, NYLON and Evening Standard, discussing the latest fashion trends, pop culture news, and pressing social matters.
“Paramedics arrived on scene to find the decedent hanging upside down from a tree. After recovering the decedent, paramedics initiated advanced cardiovascular life support and transported the decedent to the nearest local hospital,” the medical examiner stated. The official cause of death was concluded to be high voltage electrocution, per the Examiner's report.of the incident that first responders “found a worker suspended in the air via a waist harness, it appeared that he had come in contact with some high-power tension lines.”
According to the page, Mateo “fell” in a tree and was left “trapped for an hour” there after being electrocuted as the rescue team was “forced to wait until the power company had to turn off power.”“He was a brother, a son and an uncle … He had so much to live , only 24 years old. He had been working on putting up Christmas lights around the tree. He always took care of his mother and family,” the family shared. "...forever young he will remain.
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