Power Line Kills Tree Trimmer
July 29, 2006
Limb touches wire, electrocuting man instantly
By Gordon Wilczynski
A 35-year-old Warren man who owned EMK Tree Removal Service of Oak Park, was electrocuted on Friday when a tree limb he had just cut came in contact with an electrical power line and the limb hit him in the chest.
Mike Bronikowski was killed instantly when 7,600 volts of electricity was charged through his body, police said. The accident occurred at 11:15 a.m. in a back yard in the 35000 block on Hatherly Place in Sterling Heights.
Mike Carter, a co-worker who was underneath the tree when his boss was electrocuted, said he tried to get Bronikowski down from the tree but couldn’t.
“He was just sitting there clinging onto the tree,” said Carter, who was hired by Bronikowski just three weeks ago. “There was nothing I could do.” Entire story
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