Man electrocuted by power lines on Marco Island Posted: Aug 24, 2016 4:47 PM EST Updated: Aug 24, 2016 11:25 PM EST
MARCO ISLAND, FL -
A 20-year-old man was electrocuted Wednesday afternoon on Marco Island.
Marco police confirm the man was on a ladder when it made contact with a power line. He died at the hospital. Another man was transported but is expected to survive.
It happened around 2:45 p.m. in a commercial complex just off Bald Eagle Street.
A man visiting Marco Island described the horror he witnessed trying to save the victim.
"He was just bleeding like you wouldn't believe," said Doug Gorman.
As thunderstorms rolled in, the two men were working on the roof of the building and wrapping up their job for the day when they accidentally leaned their fully extended ladder against some power lines.
"I heard a sudden, boom boom; I looked out. I could see him on the ground," Gorman said.
He raced to help the man lying in the alley behind the office building.
"He was breathing...but it was very raspy. I couldn't really feel a pulse, so I tried doing some CPR on him."
The 20-year-old man Gorman was trying to save was in bad shape.
"The blood was just... the internal amount of blood coming out of him. You could tell it was all coming out of his nose, coming out of his mouth when he would breathe. It was really bad."
EMS arrived within minutes to take the victim to the hospital, but he later died.
"I heard he was only 20 and that stunned me...that really stunned me."
People stopping in nearby businesses were also stunned by the freak accident.
"This poor guy who was just trying to do his job, just trying to get in and to happen that quick it's just scary," said Tracy Hickey.
"It makes you realize how precious life is, and that's a very young age to go," said Jill Gad.