Thread started by md2 at 03.3.10 - 1:03 pm

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2011224615_apusurineelectrocution.html


Wash. man electrocuted by urinating on power line

Authorities believe a Washington man was killed by accidentally urinating on a downed power line after a car crash.

Authorities believe a Washington man was killed by accidentally urinating on a downed power line after a car crash.

Grays Harbor County sheriff's Deputy Dave Pimentel (PIM'-en-tel) said Monday 50-year-old Roy Messenger was not seriously hurt after he collided with a power pole Friday and called a relative to pull his car from a ditch.

However, family members found Messenger electrocuted when they arrived.

Pimentel says Messenger apparently urinated into a roadside ditch but didn't see the live wire. The urine stream likely served as a conductor, allowing the electricity to reach his body.

Pimentel says there will be an autopsy but burn marks indicated the way the electricity traveled through Messenger's body.

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Mythbusters already had an episode debunking this....



Debut213
03.3.10 - 1:12 pm

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Did anyone else think this was a thread dedicated to Percival Cornelius?



GodLovesUgly
03.3.10 - 1:28 pm

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I thought Mythbusters found that it is theoretically plausible but it would have to be a perfect storm of factors.



outerspace
responding to a comment by Debut213
03.3.10 - 1:37 pm

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"...burn marks indicated the way the electricity traveled through Messenger's body...."

OUCH!!!!



0gravity
03.3.10 - 11:28 pm

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