Sebastian Tree Trimmer Identified in Power Line Electrocution

August 6, 2019 Andy Hodges Sebastian, Florida Community News
A tree trimmer died Tuesday after being electrocuted by a live power line in Sebastian, Florida.
A tree trimmer died Tuesday after being electrocuted by a live power line in Sebastian, Florida.

The Sebastian tree trimmer who was electrocuted by an active power line Tuesday has been identified as 41-year-old Pablo O’Campo Bustamante of Vero Beach, Florida.

The Sebastian Police Department received a call in reference to a male landscaper who was electrocuted by an active power line in the 700 block of Dixie Terrace.

“Once officers arrived on scene and the power was turned off by Florida Power and Light, it was determined 41-year-old Pablo O’Campo Bustamante, of Vero Beach, succumbed to his injuries,” Lieutenant Timony Wood told Sebastian Daily.

Wood said the incident is still under investigation.

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Andy Hodges was born in Annapolis, Maryland, and raised in Jupiter, Florida. He has been a radio and TV personality since the mid-1980s. He has worked for WFLX-TV (Fox 29), WIRK, WLIZ, WIXI, WKSY, WRMF, and others. In 1994, Andy took a break from broadcasting and was a software and systems engineer for various companies. In 2002, he permanently moved back to Sebastian, where Andy's family has lived for over 45 years. He returned to the broadcasting sector in 2005. Andy joined Sebastian Daily as our editor-in-chief in 2016.