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Elderly man electrocuted when he cuts through electric cable [Darwin award]
midhudsonnews.com ^
| June 27, 2009
| unattributed
Posted on 06/29/2009 8:25:10 PM PDT by smokingfrog
LUMBERLAND – A 64-year-old man, said to be impatient after Friday’s storm because the power had not been restored to his home, took a demolition saw and tried to cut through downed wires and was electrocuted.
A witness told the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office Mieczyskaw Mil of 1160 Route 97 in Pond Eddy had been drinking and attempted to cut through the cable which turned out to be a 4,800 volt feeder line that was hanging off a pole.
Just after midnight on Saturday morning, the Lumberland Fire Department requested the police to the scene for a disorderly person. A short time later, the fire department reported a person had been electrocuted there.
Deputies and Town of Lumberland constables and found Mil tangled in arcing wires. He was pronounced dead at the scene by Sullivan County Coroner Alan Kesten. An autopsy is expected to be performed.
Sheriff’s detectives are continuing the investigation.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: napl; selfzotted
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To: smokingfrog
Elderly? 64? Come on, now.
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posted on
06/29/2009 8:27:01 PM PDT
by
Jedidah
("Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana)
To: Jedidah
Chain saw thru 4800 volt cable? Yeah, that’d pretty much do it. HNSS = Human Neon Sign Syndrome.
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posted on
06/29/2009 8:27:59 PM PDT
by
Attention Surplus Disorder
(What kind of organization answers the phone if you call a suicide hotline in Gaza City?)
To: smokingfrog
Ouch!
Prayers for his family tho.
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posted on
06/29/2009 8:28:47 PM PDT
by
Shadowstrike
(Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
To: Jedidah
To: smokingfrog
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posted on
06/29/2009 8:29:58 PM PDT
by
razorback-bert
(We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers.)
To: Jedidah
You’re right there, 66 is middle aged.
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posted on
06/29/2009 8:30:42 PM PDT
by
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
("men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters." -- Edmund Burke)
To: smokingfrog
The combination of alcohol and power tools seldom leads to good outcomes.
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posted on
06/29/2009 8:33:11 PM PDT
by
bigbob
To: smokingfrog
A. Drunk -- phase 1 danger
B. Drunk and Stupid -- phase 2 disorderly person
C. Drunk, Stupid and Belligerent -- phase 3 fatal
However 64 id old but not elderly. I know, I am elderly and therefor I seldom drink and never have a delusion that I am an electrician.
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posted on
06/29/2009 8:33:17 PM PDT
by
JimSEA
To: Jedidah
Elderly? 64? Come on, now. Well, it's as elderly as he's ever gonna get.
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posted on
06/29/2009 8:33:58 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(RKBA: last line of defense against vote fraud)
To: smokingfrog
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posted on
06/29/2009 8:36:45 PM PDT
by
Westlander
(Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
To: smokingfrog
If he was tangled up in arcing 4800-volt lines, my question is, how did they dientangle him?
My goodness I’m glad I wasn’t there to find out. Ick.
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posted on
06/29/2009 8:37:27 PM PDT
by
ottbmare
(Ein Reich, ein Volk, ein Obama! (If you're old enough, you'll understand the reference))
To: Steely Tom
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posted on
06/29/2009 8:38:05 PM PDT
by
Jedidah
("Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana)
To: smokingfrog
Elderly man electrocuted when he cuts through electric cableA 64-year-old man
Elderly?
Today is my 64th b/day dammit!
To: smokingfrog
the original story said pond eddy, ny. my father lives near there. never heard of luumberland in all the years he’s lived there
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posted on
06/29/2009 8:41:59 PM PDT
by
CaptRon
To: smokingfrog
Shocking story.
(Someone had to say it.)
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posted on
06/29/2009 8:43:21 PM PDT
by
Gil4
To: smokingfrog
Just after midnight on Saturday morning, the Lumberland Fire Department requested the police to the scene for a disorderly person.Disorderly at the molecular level, I surmise.
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posted on
06/29/2009 8:43:24 PM PDT
by
coloradan
(The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
To: Graybeard58
Happy Birthday!
I think 64 is little old for the Darwin award though. If he was gonna procreate, he’s already done it.
To: smokingfrog
“An autopsy is expected to be performed.”
####
Yeah, you never know.
One of those sinister SUV’s might actually have been what killed him.
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posted on
06/29/2009 8:50:47 PM PDT
by
EyeGuy
To: smokingfrog
Eddy had been drinking Really?
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posted on
06/29/2009 8:51:22 PM PDT
by
HIDEK6
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