A 44-year-old father has died after he suffered an electric shock while changing a light bulb in Co Derry.
The man, named locally as Ian Patterson, was reported to have been changing the bulb in a shed at Rockmount Gardens, Articlave, yesterday morning when he received the shock.
A spokesperson for the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) said an ambulance and an air ambulance were sent to the property after a 999 call was received at 11.05am.
It is understood neighbours tried to use a defibrillator while waiting for paramedics.
A post mortem was due to take place but at the death was not being treated as suspicious.
Workers from electricity distributor NIE Networks were still at the scene yesterday afternoon.
According to Mr Patterson's Facebook page he was the owner of 'Patterson T.V. Aerial & Satellite Services'.
DUP assembly member Maurice Bradley described the sudden death as "a tragedy".
"I knew Ian well and I am deeply shocked," he said.
"Ian was a popular businessman who in recent years had supplied quality trophies to the Coleraine and District League of which I am a member.
"I would extend my deepest sympathy to Ian's immediate family and extended family circle and also the tight-knit community of Articlave where he resided."
