A 46-YEAR-OLD farmer was electrocuted on top of a coconut tree on Thursday afternoon, January 4, in Barangay Looc, Santander town, Cebu.
The fatality was identified as Iluminado Prejoles Miro.
Investigation showed Miro accidentally touched an uninsulated live wire of Cebu Electric Cooperative (Cebeco) II while he was pruning the leaves at 12:45 p.m.
Senior Police Officer 4 Canciano Gahub Llenos together with Rene Ciano, nurse of Rural Health Unit of Santander, went to the village after it was reported at 12:53 p.m.
Miro was already dead when Ciano checked him. His body was later brought to a funeral parlor. (KAL/SunStar Cebu)