Man dies after electrocution in Addison, 3-28-17

This from John Tulipano:

Firefighters from Addison and Lombard worked to free a victim who was trapped in a tree after being electrocuted in the area of Villa Avenue and Myrick today (3/28/17).

John Tulipano

Excerpts from abc7Chicago.com:

A 51-year-old man died and another was critically injured Tuesday afternoon after they were shocked by power lines while trimming trees in an Addison backyard.

Jose Fulgencio-Hueramo, of Melrose Park, was pronounced shortly before noon at Glen Oaks Hospital in Glendale Heights.

At about 11 a.m., Fulgencio-Hueramo and another person were cutting limbs in a backyard near Villa Avenue and Myrick Avenue in Addison where both individuals made contact with the power lines.

One person was thrown from the ladder adjacent to the tree and landed on the ground. The second person was secured in the tree. When ComEd turned off power to the lines, firefighters got them down from the tree. One was airlifted to Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove.

“They were able to cut the power to the power lines, and at that point firefighters from Lombard and Addison went up there and were able to extricate the gentleman from the tree at that time,” said Joe Leone, the Addison fire chief.

Police said the victims appear to not be with a private tree-cutting service.

It was immediately unclear how the individuals got tangled in the power lines.

firefighters remove stokes basket from fire truck

John Tulipano photo

John Tulipano photo

firefighters remove patient in tower ladder platform

John Tulipano photo

firefighter cuts vegetation along wooden fence

John Tulipano photo

John Tulipano photo

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#1 by Daniel Hynd on April 2, 2017 - 5:17 PM

I think it might be a precaution either for the wires or the helicopter (In case it hits a power line while landing/taking off) if a wire falls and causes a fire, in which case he has a Foam line/CAFS line ready, not plain water. Just my thoughts, I don’t actually know.

#2 by John on April 2, 2017 - 1:40 PM

Why is there a FF with a hose ready during helicopter operations? Thanks in advance

#3 by Wayne on April 3, 2017 - 1:35 AM

Many places have some sort of fire suppression at the ready for helicopter operations in the event that there’s a crash or some other complications. For example, Porter County Indiana dispatches a crash truck from the Valparaiso airport to any helicopter landing county-wide.