Cape Coral man electrocuted
Special to The Breeze, news@breezenewspapers.com
Wednesday morning, David Lewis, a 42-year-old resident of Cape
Coral, died after being electrocuted while trimming trees at a Sanibel
residence.
Lewis, who owned David Lewis Tree Service, was working at a Cowry
Court home around 11 a.m. According to Sanibel police, Lewis had been
trimming a strangler fig surrounding a cabbage palm tree.
“When he cut one of the limbs, the branch fell and struck a power
line,” said Sanibel Chief of Police Bill Tomlinson.
Lewis was pronounced dead at the scene.
The accident temporarily knocked out electrical service to the West Gulf
Drive area of Sanibel.