Deputy Sheriff Tony* was quite certain that the downed power line hanging only a few inches above the road was a ground wire that was safe to move by hand. He couldn't have been more wrong. In a flash of sparks, Tony was electrocuted and thrown over the bank by a jolt of electricity. He was later pronounced dead at the hospital. WHAT HAPPENED A car struck a utility pole at a curve on a US highway, resulting in the primary (hot) wire drooping to within inches of the roadway. A state trooper arrested the motorist for drunk driving, secured the area and began […]
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