A Venezue­lan na­tion­al is be­lieved to have been elec­tro­cut­ed while on a job­site in Mara­bel­la on Wednes­day.

Po­lice, how­ev­er, are await­ing the re­sults of an au­top­sy to con­firm how 19-year-old Jose Gre­go­ry Her­rera died.

He lived at St Julien Vil­lage, Princes Town.

Ini­tial re­ports stat­ed that Her­rera was work­ing with a Moru­ga con­trac­tor and oth­er work­ers around 4:30 pm at Unit 5 Trop­i­cal Plaza along the South­ern Main Road. They were do­ing con­struc­tion work for Per­sads D Food King when he at­tempt­ed to un­plug a Hilti Jack­ham­mer, which was plugged in­to an ex­ten­sion cord. Eye­wit­ness­es said Her­rera sud­den­ly fell on his back in a se­mi-con­scious state.

The con­trac­tor and an­oth­er man went to his aid and took him to the South­ern Med­ical Clin­ic, where he was pro­nounced dead around 5:28 pm.

An au­top­sy is ex­pect­ed to be done at the Foren­sic Sci­ence Cen­tre.

Cpl Ram­dath is con­tin­u­ing en­quiries.