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Driver electrocuted after ignoring barricade and hitting wires downed in storm
PennLive.com ^ | 9 March A.D. 2018 | John Luciew

Posted on 03/09/2018 4:53:02 AM PST by lightman

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To: jjotto

He chose unwisely, but he's probably too old for a Darwin award. What kind of electrician does not understand that this could be a bad idea?

21 posted on 03/09/2018 5:11:43 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: cyclotic

I agree. Unless he actually stopped on wire it should have not done anything.


22 posted on 03/09/2018 5:14:00 AM PST by raybbr (That progressive bumper sticker on your car might just as well say, "Yes, I'm THAT stupid!")
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To: lightman

Was he electrocuted or did he burn to death? Wouldn’t the tires have insulated the truck?


23 posted on 03/09/2018 5:14:20 AM PST by TalBlack (It's hard to shoot people when they are shooting back at you...)
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To: SkyDancer

One would think that — I recall a similar event and it boiled down to the tires being worn down enough where the steel-belted radials were exposed which allowed the electricity to flow through and killed the driver.


24 posted on 03/09/2018 5:15:41 AM PST by DoubleNickle
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To: lightman

Remember one thing, no matter what anyone tells you:

EVERY WIRE IS A LIVE WIRE.


25 posted on 03/09/2018 5:16:00 AM PST by exit82 (The opposition has already been Trumped!)
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To: raybbr

Plus, momentum alone should have pulled the car well past the wires. Not sure what the actual story was here.


26 posted on 03/09/2018 5:19:15 AM PST by cyclotic (Trump tweets are the only news source you can trust.)
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To: jjotto

So he’ll still be on a ghost payroll and a voter.


27 posted on 03/09/2018 5:19:16 AM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: eastforker
I'm familiar with this area and those lines are significant. Not your average tertiary lines on your street. These are significant distribution cables on 200'+ towers that run east from PA to dist centers in Bergen County.

He didn't feel anything.

28 posted on 03/09/2018 5:19:37 AM PST by paulcissa (Democrats want you unarmed so they can kill you.)
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To: DoubleNickle

Seems that those tires would have blown.


29 posted on 03/09/2018 5:20:12 AM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: BlueLancer
Won't make any difference ... If he's a Democrat, he will keep voting anyway ...

True, I forgot that aspect of NJ Democrat voters

30 posted on 03/09/2018 5:21:59 AM PST by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: lightman

...about 20 miles northeast of me...
#1...ignored road closed sign
#2...electrician, I know better so there attitude
#3....highway portion of road is 95% exits and entrance ramps no addresses...short cut
#4....POOF!


31 posted on 03/09/2018 5:24:52 AM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: exit82

EVERY WIRE IS A LIVE WIRE.

Exactly. Unless you personally have disconnected, locked out and tested the circuit, IT IS LIVE!


32 posted on 03/09/2018 5:25:47 AM PST by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: SkyDancer
I would have thought that the tires on the truck would have insulated him.

The tires did insulate the guy. That's why he bured to death instead of being eletrocuted to death.

33 posted on 03/09/2018 5:28:16 AM PST by palmer (...if we do not have strong families and strong values, then we will be weak and we will not survive)
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To: lightman

A shocking story.


34 posted on 03/09/2018 5:31:53 AM PST by PAR35
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35 posted on 03/09/2018 5:42:23 AM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: from occupied ga

That area of N.J. has a lot of conservatives.


36 posted on 03/09/2018 5:42:30 AM PST by certrtwngnut (a pures)
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To: cyclotic

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Plus, momentum alone should have pulled the car well past the wires. Not sure what the actual story was here.””””””

Once that much juice touched his vehicle it would have wiped out all electrical components in the vehicle and it would stop immediately.
Each year I go to a seminar for people who dig in the dirt put on by the utility companies. They show pictures of accidents that happen when excavators hit gas or electric lines. This guy knew better than to drive over hot wires. We all make mistakes but this could have easily been avoided.


37 posted on 03/09/2018 5:47:34 AM PST by shelterguy
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To: circlecity

Was that 1981? Or 2005?


38 posted on 03/09/2018 5:51:52 AM PST by henkster (Monsters from the Id.)
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To: paulcissa
"...These are significant distribution cables...."

You probably mean primary transmission cables in the order of 500,000 volts. These cables are not insulated because no amount of insulation would be of any use.

Distribution cables (the ones running down your street) are sometimes insulated; sometimes not- depending on the voltage.

39 posted on 03/09/2018 5:52:26 AM PST by Victor (If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert." -David Ben-Gurion, the first Prime Minister)
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To: shelterguy

An electrical shock would cause the brakes to seize and make the car jolt to a stop?

I was on a jobsite once when a guy who I worked with punched through a gas main with a power post hole digger.

No fire but gave us all a huge scare. The gas line was 50 feet from where it was supposed to be and 2 feet less submerged.

It was a horrible jobsite. A couple days later, a plumber lit a couple condo’s on fire sweating pipe.


40 posted on 03/09/2018 5:54:49 AM PST by cyclotic (Trump tweets are the only news source you can trust.)
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