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Man Electrocuted Picking Mangos

Day Of Mango Picking Turns Tragic

POSTED: Sunday, June 28, 2009
UPDATED: 4:14 am EDT June 29, 2009

An Oakland Park man was electrocuted Sunday in a friend's back yard.

Investigators said Thankim Giang was trying to free some mangos from a tree with an aluminum pole when he came in contact with a high-voltage wire.

His wife tried to help and grabbed onto him, but then she too was shocked. She was not seriously injured.

A neighbor was able to call 911 and perform CPR on the man.

Rescue crews arrived and rushed Giang to Holy Cross Hospital, where he died.
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