Family Electrocuted Putting Up Ham Radio Antenna
October 13, 2009 by Morbid
PALM BAY, Fla. – And I thought MY Monday was bad. A mother, father and their 15-year-old son were attempting to install a 50-foot-long ham radio antenna in the dark when they lost control of the pole. The pole ended up hitting a 13,000 volt power line killing all three of them. The mother was found dead at the scene, the father and son died later at the hospital. The incident happened at around 8:40 pm at the home of the man’s mother. Their 17-year-old daughter was inside the home and a 17-year-old friend was on the roof at the time of the incident; neither were harmed. This is a really tragic story, and I am not adding insult to injury when I say this – but putting up a 50-foot-long pole at night? Let this be a lesson for any of you who were not aware of that being a really bad idea.
11:05 am on October 13th, 2009
Guess I’ll have to change my plans this weekend…
Bummer.
11:21 am on October 13th, 2009
Me too. Who knew??
11:25 am on October 13th, 2009
Hey Undeniable Truth, maybe we should get together and go copper huntin’!
11:37 am on October 13th, 2009
LOL. I think so. Everybody’s doing it, you know!
11:45 am on October 13th, 2009
Where are the pics? We NEED pics. That kind of voltage blows parts off people! The public has a right to know
Seriously, this a one of THE most common causes of electrocution. Be careful out there.
http://www2a.cdc.gov/NIOSH-FACE/state.asp?Category=0006&Category2=ALL&Submit=Submit
Some NIOSH fatality reports – grim reading but educational
3:27 pm on October 13th, 2009
How tragic! Goosebumps..!!!
3:39 pm on October 13th, 2009
Now this is exactly the kind of shit I would expect to be written about something I’de done at 12 or so.(lot’s of stupid stuff). Are there really people out there as dumbass as me as a tween? Apparently so.
4:44 pm on October 14th, 2009
….From Floriduh too…….What a surprise.
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