A crane driver, was killed in Co Donegal yesterday when his machine touched overhead wires near Dunlewey.
Eamonn Bonner (42), who was married with two young daughters, was working on a local water scheme at Meenaboll when the incident happened just before 10am.
Gardaí and the emergency services spent most of yesterday at the scene. The area was sealed off and a full investigation is under way.
A Garda spokesman said: “It looks like a tragic accident at this stage.”
Health and Safety Authority officials are also understood to have arrived at the scene.
Mr Bonner, from Doochary, was a very experienced construction worker. He had worked on construction sites in London during the boom before returning to Donegal to work with local company Kilmac Construction.
Last night his wife Collette and daughters were being comforted by family and friends in the small west Donegal village.
One neighbour in Doochary said: “Eamonn worked night and day and was always on the go. He was a real family man. He played football for Na Rossa when he was younger, but he had stopped after he travelled to London to work.
“All he lived for was his family, and it’s terrible to think he won’t be able to see his little girls grow up now.”