An electrician has been found dead hours after he went missing, still clutching the live cable which may have killed him underneath the home where he was working.
His worried family raised the alarm on Thursday evening when the 53-year-old tradie never came back from the address in Callala Bay on the NSW south coast.
A police search finally found his body in a void beneath a large home under construction in the sleepy seaside town around 8pm.
Witnesses revealed he was still holding an electrical cable in his hand when emergency services made the grim discovery.
Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene after police and fire fighters and a fleet of ambulances swarmed the scene and sealed off a section of the quiet road.
The sparkie’s ute appeared to be parked in the driveway of a nearby home as officers searched for the tradie in the dark.
He was finally located under the large mansion – surrounded in blue sheeting and scaffolding – which is currently being constructed on a 700sqm plot of vacant land.
An electrician has been found dead hours after he went missing, still clutching the live cable which may have killed him underneath the home where he was working
The land was bought for $550,000 two years ago, with the development close to completion before Thursday’s tragic death.
NSW Police said the death was not being treated as suspicious and a report would be prepared for the coroner.
‘Shortly after 8pm yesterday, emergency services were called to a home in Lackersteen Street, Callala Bay,’ a spokesman told Daily Mail Australia.
‘Officers from South Coast Police District arrived to find a 53-year-old man – who was unresponsive – under the home.
‘The man was removed from under the home and was pronounced deceased by NSW Ambulance paramedics.
‘Police established a crime scene at the home and commenced inquiries. The death is not being treated as suspicious.’
Daily Mail Australia has contacted SafeWork NSW for comment.
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