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Worker, 67, Electrocuted at Lecce Site After Cement Pump Hits Power Lines

Prosecutors have opened an involuntary manslaughter inquiry focused on reconstructing the accident.

Overview

  • The victim was identified as Allushaj Limos, a 67-year-old of Albanian origin who had long lived in Lecce.
  • He was working on a dry-stone wall along via Vecchia Frigole when the cement pump he was using contacted overhead electrical cables.
  • Emergency medical teams attempted resuscitation on scene but the worker died at the site in open countryside.
  • Firefighters secured the area as police, Carabinieri and Spesal personnel arrived for technical checks, and a medico legale conducted an initial examination.
  • The magistrate on duty, Alfredo Manca, ordered the transfer of the body to the Vito Fazzi hospital morgue, with an autopsy pending as investigators say the dynamics appear fairly well defined.