A 75-year-old man died af­ter com­ing in­to con­tact with a high-ten­sion wire while car­ry­ing out work on the roof of a church in Pe­nal.

Hamil Pha­goo, of Mara­bel­la, was work­ing on the roof of Praise As­sem­bly Church when the in­ci­dent oc­curred. Re­ports say he touched a live 12,000-volt high-ten­sion wire and was fa­tal­ly elec­tro­cut­ed.

Shawn Mo­hammed, an eye­wit­ness, said he saw the men car­ry­ing out their du­ties on a scaf­fold when the in­ci­dent un­fold­ed. Mo­hammed de­scribed the in­ci­dent as “trag­ic.”