A California man was electrocuted in a freak accident as he was in the middle of a routine task millions of people do in preparation for the upcoming holiday season.

A man in Escondido, San Diego, was electrocuted to death on November 21 while trying to put up Christmas lights—with his lifeless body left hanging upside down by his waist harness. Knewz.com has learned that 24-year-old Antonio Pascual Mateo reportedly threw his Christmas lights over a high-voltage power line,

A California man was electrocuted in a tragic accident while hanging Christmas lights on a house for the holiday season. While decorating a client’s home in Escondido, California, Antonio Pascual Mateo was hanging lights on the property and around a tree when he inadvertently tossed the string of lights over a power line.

Antonio Pascual Mateo, 24, died from "high voltage electrocution" as he was putting up Christmas lights on a roof in Escondido, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 21

A man decorating for Christmas was killed after the lights he was hanging came into contact with a live power cable. Antonio Pascual Mateo, 24, was putting up lights at a client’s home on Thursday in Escondido, California, when he threw a string of lights over a powerline.

ESCONDIDO, Calif. (Gray News) – A 24-year-old man was electrocuted Thursday morning while hanging Christmas lights on the roof. According to the San Deigo County medical examiner, Antonio Pascual Mateo was putting the decorations near a high-voltage powerline.

A California man accidentally died last week while attempting to hang Christmas lights at a home in San Diego.

A MAN installing Christmas lights was electrocuted to death in a freak accident that left him dangling upside down. Antonio Pascual Mateo, 24, was left hanging, latched to his harness, from a tree

Escondido, the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office said in a news release.  He was hanging the lights near a high voltage powerline and when he threw the lights over the powerline,

Antonio Pascual Mateo died tragically of electrocution after reportedly throwing Christmas lights over a high voltage power line Thursday morning in San Diego. A San Diego Medical Examiner’s report confirmed his death.