LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Police say a Lincoln man who was trimming trees in his south Lincoln backyard has been electrocuted.
36-year-old Zachary Francke died Wednesday afternoon after a tree limb fell on a power line and he tried to remove it.
Rescue crews were called to the home just before 2 p.m. Police closed traffic on South 40th Street as Lincoln emergency medical technicians attempted to save Francke.