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.
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.
Weiner roast bump.
Talk about a tingling feeling running up your leg- The mother of all tingles!
“Great Bals of Fire!”
In other news, it has also been discovered that urinating on a low voltage wire can cure erectile disfunction!
sounds like another for final destination....
Braised the sweet breads huh.
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.
Poor guy, his family wishes he had had a pot to piss in.
Poor guy, his family wishes he had had a pot to piss in.
What a dick....
bttt
The utility company should be sued by the man’s family if their were no signs warning people “Not to pee on Live Wire”.
LOL
As my dad used to say “Nows not the time to be pi$$ing away yolur life, son”
He should get a good conduct medal
my impression was that it was dark outside...maybe he had a beer or two....
"After"?
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?
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