Florida Man Electrocuted While Trying to Help a Pigeon

A Florida man was fatally electrocuted over the weekend when he tried to get a pigeon off a power line.

West Palm Beach resident Elian Garcia-Rivera, 36, was found dead Saturday between a pigeon coup he owned and a chain link fence, police say.

Apparently, Garcia-Rivera had been trying to get an escaped pigeon off a power line by nudging it with a 20-foot-long aluminum pole, according to the police report. The pole touched the line and he was electrocuted.

Source: https://www.wesh.com/article/florida-man-electrocuted-trying-to-remove-bird-from-power-line/26933750

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