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Washington man killed by urinating on live power line following crash
JusticeNewsFlash.com ^ | Wednesday, March 03, 2010 | Nicole Howley

Posted on 03/03/2010 10:33:40 AM PST by Willie Green

Legal news for Washington personal injury attorneys. A man was killed after urinating on live power line in Grays Harbor County.

Washington personal injury lawyers alert- A man was killed by electrocution after urinating on a live wire in Montesano, WA.

Montesano, WA—A Washington man who escaped a single vehicle collision without any serious injuries, was then killed by electrocution while waiting for a family member to come pull his car from a ditch. The Grays Harbor County Sherriff’s Department reported that the man was killed on Friday, February 26, 2010, as reported by MSNBC.

According to deputies, Roy Messenger slammed into a power pole, and managed to escape the crash without sustain any serious injuries. It was not reported how the collision occurred or what caused it. Messenger then called a relative to come pull his car out of a ditch. While Messenger waited for help, he apparently urinated into the ditch without noticing there was a live wire. The stream of urine acted like a conductor, which allowed the electricity coming from the wire to travel up to Messenger’s body. When Messenger’s relatives arrived at the scene, they discovered Messenger had been electrocuted. An autopsy will be conducted to determine the cause of death, but the burn marks on his body indicated that the electricity traveled through his body. It is unknown why there was a live wire on the ground, which could have been knocked down by the collision. A full investigation is underway.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: ambulancechasers; urinating
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To: beckysueb

I think the Darwin award requires that candidates intentionally perform the act which causes their death. I highly doubt this man intended to urinate on a live power line.


21 posted on 03/03/2010 10:43:14 AM PST by Justa
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To: Willie Green

Weiner roast bump.


22 posted on 03/03/2010 10:43:19 AM PST by central_va ( http://www.15thvirginia.org/)
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To: Willie Green

Talk about a tingling feeling running up your leg- The mother of all tingles!


23 posted on 03/03/2010 10:44:57 AM PST by matthew fuller (1962- Last year of intelligence- First year of television.)
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To: Willie Green

“Great Bals of Fire!”


24 posted on 03/03/2010 10:45:21 AM PST by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: Willie Green

In other news, it has also been discovered that urinating on a low voltage wire can cure erectile disfunction!


25 posted on 03/03/2010 10:46:43 AM PST by SonOfDarkSkies (I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself... - D.H. Lawrence)
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To: Willie Green

sounds like another for final destination....


26 posted on 03/03/2010 10:47:01 AM PST by tatsinfla
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To: sheik yerbouty

Braised the sweet breads huh.


27 posted on 03/03/2010 10:47:24 AM PST by RedMDer (Recycle Congress in 2010, 2012... Forward with Confidence! Forward!)
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To: Willie Green
I was hunting one time when, at the end of the day, we pulled over to relieve ourselves.

One of our party was leaning against the truck with his bare skin touching the cab whizzing on a metal post. His son, who was driving, got out of the truck and accidentally bumped his door against an electric fence.

I can still hear Duane's blood-curdling scream.

28 posted on 03/03/2010 10:47:41 AM PST by Zakeet (Patches Kennedy isn't running for Congress again for medical reasons -- voters are sick of him)
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To: Willie Green

Poor guy, his family wishes he had had a pot to piss in.


29 posted on 03/03/2010 10:49:10 AM PST by boocoowell (Nuclear power now for crying out loud)
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To: Willie Green

Poor guy, his family wishes he had had a pot to piss in.


30 posted on 03/03/2010 10:49:59 AM PST by boocoowell (Nuclear power now for crying out loud)
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To: Willie Green

What a dick....


31 posted on 03/03/2010 10:50:08 AM PST by astounded (The democrat party is a clear and present danger to the USA)
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To: tatsinfla

bttt


32 posted on 03/03/2010 10:50:20 AM PST by ConservativeMan55
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To: Willie Green

The utility company should be sued by the man’s family if their were no signs warning people “Not to pee on Live Wire”.


33 posted on 03/03/2010 10:50:31 AM PST by PresidentFelon
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To: Zakeet

LOL


34 posted on 03/03/2010 10:51:07 AM PST by RedMDer (Recycle Congress in 2010, 2012... Forward with Confidence! Forward!)
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To: Willie Green

As my dad used to say “Nows not the time to be pi$$ing away yolur life, son”


35 posted on 03/03/2010 10:54:02 AM PST by corbe (mystified)
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To: Willie Green

He should get a good conduct medal


36 posted on 03/03/2010 11:02:11 AM PST by Pajama Blogger
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To: Willie Green

37 posted on 03/03/2010 11:05:31 AM PST by rottndog (WOOF!!!)
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To: Tarpon

my impression was that it was dark outside...maybe he had a beer or two....


38 posted on 03/03/2010 11:05:43 AM PST by cherry
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To: Willie Green
A man was killed after urinating on [a] live power line in Grays Harbor County.

"After"?

39 posted on 03/03/2010 11:07:05 AM PST by Arthur McGowan (In Edward Kennedy's America, federal funding of brothels is a right, not a privilege.)
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To: Willie Green
" It is unknown why there was a live wire on the ground, which could have been knocked down by the collision. A full investigation is underway."

Sheesh! Someone drives into a power pole, it gets knocked down, and people wonder why a live wire is on the ground? Do people take "dumb pills" every morning?

40 posted on 03/03/2010 11:08:23 AM PST by Cobra64
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