1 dead after men hit power line while cutting trees in Addison

One man was killed and another was injured when they made contact with a power line while cutting tree limbs Tuesday morning in west suburban Addison.

Paramedics responded shortly after 11 a.m. to a call that someone fell from a tree in a backyard near Villa and East Myrick avenues, according to Addison police.

The men were cutting tree limbs in the backyard when they hit ComEd power lines, police said. One man, 51-year-old Jose Fulgencio-Hueramo, was thrown from the ladder, while the other stayed in the tree, according to the Addison Fire Department and DuPage County coroner’s office. ComEd was notified and turned off the power.

Fulgencio-Hueramo, of Melrose Park, was taken to Adventist GlenOaks Hospital in Glendale Heights, where he was pronounced dead at 11:48 a.m., according to the coroner’s office. An autopsy was scheduled for Wednesday.

The other man, who was still on the ladder when authorities arrived, was airlifted to Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, then airlifted to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, according to the fire department. He was breathing on his own but unresponsive.

Police said the men are private homeowners and not a professional tree cutting service.