Man electrocuted while trying to steal power line

[UrbScotty]

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Fife police say two men came out in the dead of night armed with a rope. They thought they would just toss the line over the wire and pull it down.

But before that could happen electricity came down the rope, electrocuted one and burned the other. A staggering 55,000 volts came down the rope passed through their hands into their bodies and out their feet.

Julian LaPointe, 22, of Tacoma was killed.

The sparks caught the grass on fire. Investigators from Puget Sound Energy were on the scene much of Friday trying to piece together what happen.

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http://www.komo4.com/stories/39084.htm

[WCGreen]

1. My grandma use to do this...

Pick out bizarre news items from the morning paper just to torture my hungover dad every morning......

Ah, memories......

[UrbScotty]

3. I guess that's matcom's job now...

...but I'm filling in for him!

[matcom]

4. and your doing a GREAT job EXCEPT

i posted this story about 2 or 3 days ago :rofl:

[UrbScotty]

5. F**k! What is it with people from Massachusetts?

:evilgrin:

[matcom]

6. we are the Liberal ELITE!

bow down :P

[Floogeldy]

2. As usual, the cops are totally clueless.

It was going to be a double hanging suicide.