[kellyhound]

Yesterday a resident in South Sulawesi was electrocuted while trimming a tree near his house. It is suspected that the cut branch touched the power lines and the victim was immediately electrocuted.

[Mr.NoCredit]

Nice place for power lines. Right in the center of a tree.

[docfr8]

the property owner should be responsible for keeping the property safe and the power lines obstruction free.. He hired his cousin's uncle to do the tree trimming and didn't respect

[Spiffyfable]

Is it wrong that when I saw the word 'trimmer' I thought of a Hairy Bush

[Daishan69]

Originally Posted by Mr.NoCredit ↗

Nice place for power lines. Right in the center of a tree.

The tree was probably allowed to overgrow there, tbh.

[rhubarb_king]

Yeah.. That wasn't a vine..

[MrFlibble]

This is why these countries can't have nice things

[philovan]

That wood must be a really good conductor. Maybe it was wet?

[Necrotic Bowel]

The tree has been charged with second degree murder.

It turns out it had prior convictions and was posing as a deciduous tree, shedding its leaves annually, while never putting down solid roots in the community, all in an attempt to hide its previous criminal history.

Sources say the arboreal menace remains at large. Authorities are offering a reward on any information that leads to an arrest and conviction.

[gimlet]

Originally Posted by MrFlibble ↗

This is why these countries can't have nice things

Happens in the USA too. My tree trimmer says he can sometimes feel current in a tree touching power lines. An successful engineer I knew was trimming a tree and hit a wire, flames a plenty and he died.