Couple electrocuted while stealing copper wire

latimes.com ^ | Oct. 23, 2010 | Margot Roosevelt

[Free ThinkerNY]

A man was electrocuted and died as he and a female partner tried to steal copper wire from an electrical vault in South Gate on Saturday afternoon, police said.

The woman tried to pull him away from the vault when it caught fire and exploded, but the electricity traveled through her body and she received severe burns, South Gate police spokesman Lt. Keith Huff said. He said she was taken to St. Francis Medical Center and transferred Saturday night to the Grossman Burn Centers.

Two small children were found in a truck 15 feet from the accident but were not injured. They were being held by childrens’ services workers, Huff said.

[utherdoul]

illegal called!

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The kids are better off without their meth-head parents.

[FlingWingFlyer]

This “Hope and Change” garbage isn’t working out well for most people. Copper wire can bring in some big bucks.

[GeronL]

Obviously these are very normal people

[BigCinBigD]

Hold my beer, and watch this!

[Yaelle]

A man and his female partner?? Can we be a little more descriptive?? I too am thinking illegal alien. Just stealin’ the copper wire that Americans won’t.

[Persevero]

Poor kids. Both parents electrocuted while stealing. What a legacy.

[Ronin]

Instant Karma, just add juice.

[GeronL]

at least they weren’t selling the kids

[rockinqsranch]

“He said she was taken to St. Francis Medical Center and transferred Saturday night to the Grossman Burn Centers.”

Taxpayers will be paying for that....

“Two small children were found in a truck 15 feet from the accident but were not injured. They were being held by childrens’ services workers,...”

....and that.

[GeronL]

Does the LA Times no longer uses the words “girlfriend” or “spouse”?

[rdl6989]

Zot!

[Navy Patriot]

Two kids disqualifies them from the Darwin award.

[no dems]

In case anyone might wonder why someone would want to steal copper; drug addicts steal copper all the time to sale and buy drugs. Whether they were druggies or not, they won’t be stealing anymore.

[dragnet2]

Illegal aliens

[bannie]

“South Gate” is a clue.

[DariusBane]

3 dollars per pound

[DemforBush]

[Viking2002]

Back where I come from, this happens all the time. Copper wiring, copper plumbing. They like to loot the local rail yards, too. Salvage companies make a pretty penny going in and gutting buildings for this sort of stuff. But one high-amp shock can ruin your life, if it doesn't cook you off in the first couple of seconds. My son-in-law and his wife ended up living in our house for a year because of this (somewhat) same thing - he worked for a fly-by-night salvage outfit that sent him into a commercial warehouse to gut the high-voltage feeder rails out of the big circuit boxes, and assured him that the power to the entire property was cut.

He spent six weeks in the region's best burn hospital from the charge he took. Melted his boots off his feet. Went through three skin grafts, and a lot of psychotherapy from the neural damage it caused. His court settlement was enough to buy a beautiful, remodeled home in town.

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