Dearing, Ga. (WFXG) - FOX54 is learning new information about a utility worker who died while working in Dearing.

According to McDuffie County Coroner Paul Johnson, the utility worker has been identified as 48-year-old Andrew Francis of Tamarac, Florida.

The incident happened around 3:45 pm. FOX54 is told Francis was working out of a utility bucket while running a cable line.

The coroner's office says the cable line was stretched across the road when a vehicle passing through on White Oak Road became entangled in the cable, yanking Francis from the bucket. 

The coroner's office confirms Francis was pronounced dead on scene due to his injuries.

Francis's body will be autopsied at the Georgia Crime Lab.

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