A Reading man was killed on the job after accidentally coming into contact with an electrical power line Wednesday morning in Berks County, according to the coroner’s office.
At 10:54 a.m., Berks County dispatchers were called to the 4000 block of Grant Street in Exeter Township regarding an incident involving a man and a bucket truck.
Investigators learned that a 31-year-old Reading man who worked for a local tree service company was trimming a hedge when a power line electrocuted him.
The Berks County Coroner’s Office declared him dead at the scene.
A release from the coroner’s office confirmed that OSHA had been notified regarding the accident and was sending a Harrisburg investigator to the scene.
An autopsy is scheduled for Thursday at Reading Hospital.