Worker electrocuted in northwest Miami-Dade by falling wire

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Miami-Dade police are investigating after they say a man was electrocuted Thursday morning in northwest Miami-Dade.

The incident happened just before 5:45 a.m. at Adonel Concrete, located at 830 NW 73rd St.

Sky 10 was above the scene around 6:30 a.m. as a tarp covered the victim’s body on the ground.

According to authorities, officers and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel arrived at the business to find a man in his 60s unresponsive on the ground.

Police say they discovered the victim and another employee were reporting to work when a transformer blew, causing an electrical wire to fall and strike the victim.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The victim’s identity has not yet been released.