Man Electrocuted While Peeing On Tracks

[Whisper]

Zachary McKee

[...]
Zachary McKee, 27, a resident of Ossian, Ind., was in Chicago for the weekend to celebrate his brother-in-law's birthday and watch Sunday's Cubs game, according to his Twitter account. "Going to be a crazy weekend in Chicago," McKee posted the week before his death. Sunday afternoon, he posted a photo of a bar in Wrigleyville with the tweet “All u can drink, play ball.”

Surveillance tape from the CTA Purple Line South Station platform shows McKee climbing onto the tracks, apparently to urinate, and then apparently stumbling, causing him to fall onto the third rail, according to a press release from the Evanston Police Department.

McKee was pronounced dead shortly afterward at Saint Francis Hospital.The Cook County medical examiner ruled the man's death an accident due to electrocution.

McKee's family is disputing the police account, which makes McKee's actions seem reckless, painting a portrait of a thoughtful and disciplined former Marine who completed tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and was weeks from graduating with a political science degree, according to CBS Chicago.

“For the first time in his life he finally let his hair down for a few days, and he died from it,” Zachary's father, Mark McKee, told the TribLocal. "We’re heartbroken. I miss him to death.”

McKee had plans to work in the Indiana statehouse this summer before attending law school in the fall.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1450115.html


For the first time in his life he finally let his hair down for a few days
I can relate to that statement,
Heaven came home piss drunk one time when she was a teen(17 or 18)
And I was so happy for once she had let lose and forgotten about grades and working for one night
Sounds stupid but she was always so serious about everything and she looked so funny drunk wearing a farmers cap and all

[princessgrandma]

I kinda don't know what to say. I mean, wow.... what a way to go.

[newstarshipsmell]

McKee's family is disputing the police account, which makes McKee's actions seem reckless, painting a portrait of a thoughtful and disciplined former Marine who completed tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and was weeks from graduating with a political science degree, according to CBS Chicago.

Newsflash Clan McKee: Alcohol can potentially make anyone both stupid and clumsy, regardless of how they conduct themselves sober. Millions of commuters use the El every week and don't stumble/fall onto the third rail and electrocute themselves. Disputing the police account accomplishes what, exactly? (Not a rhetorical question.) Of all the places he could have potentially relieved himself, he had to board the El station and piss onto the fucking tracks? I hate walking underneath them during/after the rain as I don't care to contemplate what the fuck is mixed in with the rainwater dripping down onto me.

Anyways, why can't this shit ever happen to the assholes who climb between the cars to piss while the train is moving? One guy did that just north of Wrigleyville, and I sat there praying with my fingers crossed that he'd forget the train was about to hang a sharp 90 degree turn. No luck. He stumbled back in with piss all over his legs.

[gee]

It is sad and I'm sure he didn't deserve to die but being careless and is no one's fault but your own.

[malq]

It is sad and I'm sure he didn't deserve to die but being careless and is no one's fault but your own.

Don't blame the owner. It's his penis's fault. That's really the only reason guys ever get in trouble.

[Starbuck]

I was going to laugh. But then read he died for it. I still want to laugh a little though. Guess i'm just twisted like that.

[gee]

I was going to laugh. But then read he died for it. I still want to laugh a little though. Guess i'm just twisted like that.

It's ok! go ahead and laugh and join us with a one way ticket to hell. We will all be on that bus.