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nthfinity 03-01-2010 09:33 PM

2010 Darwin candidate already?
 
MONTESANO, Wash. - 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 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.

5vz-fe 03-01-2010 09:40 PM

I thought this was proven "busted" by mythbuster

Juho 03-01-2010 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by 5vz-fe (Post 873904)
I thought this was proven "busted" by mythbuster

^^^This

They were trying to do it with the 3rd rail line that electric trains use... but their conclusion should still apply.


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