A man has died after he was electrocuted early Thursday morning while working in northwest Miami-Dade, officials said.
The incident happened shortly before 6 a.m. when officers responded to 830 Northwest 7th Street after reports of a possible electrocution, Miami-Dade Police officials said.
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When police arrived, they said they found Jorge Agustin Moreno unresponsive. He is believed to be in his 60s.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded and pronounced him dead at the scene.
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Images captured by Chopper 6 showed what appeared to be Moreno on the ground with a yellow tarp over him.
Authorities said that the victim and another employee were reporting to work in the area when a transformer blew, causing an electrical wire to fall and strike the victim.
"It’s just the burn man. For something to be touching you, to be burned like that, oh my God. It’s really actually scary. We were actually in danger," said Joel Glover, who witnessed the incident. "The wire was wrapped around his legs, sparks were still flying. He had on long pants, but you could see his legs. His legs were burned, his hands were blackened.”
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Glover was the one to call 911 and report the incident.
“I saw a man laying on the ground he wasn’t breathing or moving. And another man ran up to me and said can you talk to 911, because he didn’t speak too much English” Glover said.
According to MDFR, when fire crews arrived, the transformer was on fire.
“I was shocked, kind of still shocked," Glover said. "It’s messed up. He came to go to work and he lost his life.”
