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Mar 2, 2010
Man urinated on live wire
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MONTESANO (Washington) - AUTHORITIES believe a man was killed by accidentally urinating on a downed power line after a car crash.
Grays Harbour County sheriff's Deputy Dave Pimentel told KXRO-AM radio on Monday that Roy Messenger was not seriously hurt after he collided with a power pole on Friday and called a relative to pull his car from a ditch.
However, family members found 50-year-old Messenger electrocuted when they arrived.
Mr Pimentel says Messenger apparently urinated into a roadside ditch but didn't see the live wire. The urine stream likely served as a conductor, allowing the electricity to reach his body.
Mr Pimentel says there will be an autopsy but burn marks indicated the way the electricity travelled through Messenger's body. -- AP
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Man urinated on live wire
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MONTESANO (Washington) - AUTHORITIES believe a man was killed by accidentally urinating on a downed power line after a car crash.
Grays Harbour County sheriff's Deputy Dave Pimentel told KXRO-AM radio on Monday that Roy Messenger was not seriously hurt after he collided with a power pole on Friday and called a relative to pull his car from a ditch.
However, family members found 50-year-old Messenger electrocuted when they arrived.
Mr Pimentel says Messenger apparently urinated into a roadside ditch but didn't see the live wire. The urine stream likely served as a conductor, allowing the electricity to reach his body.
Mr Pimentel says there will be an autopsy but burn marks indicated the way the electricity travelled through Messenger's body. -- AP
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