Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Worker electrocuted to death at the Waikoloa Beach Resort in Hawaii




Posted: July 22, 2015
WAIKOLOA, HAWAII (HawaiiNewsNow) - 

A 34-year-old man died Wednesday as the result of an industrial accident at a Waikoloa resort.

South Kohala officers responding to an 8:44 a.m. call learned that a subcontractor had been doing renovations at the resort on the 69-400 block of Waikoloa Beach Drive when he suffered a fatal electric shock.


The man was taken to North Hawaii Community Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 9:40 a.m.

He has been identified as Aaron Barrett of Honokaa.

An autopsy has been ordered to determine the exact cause of death.