Emergency crews responded to calls about an unconscious person at the Chicora Civil War Cemetery on NC Highway 82.
When fire crews arrived, authorities said they found a man on the ground with his foot touching a ham radio mast under a set of power lines.
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First responders were not able to get to the man because of the possibility that the power lines were energized. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators said they believe the man was trying to raise the mast to use the ham radio when it hit the power lines and electrocuted him.
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