Tom Kan PA
2010-03-02 18:19:34 UTC
MONTESANO: Man urinates on power line after crash, gets electrocuted
Elma man electrocuted by urinating on power line
THE NEWS TRIBUNE
Published: 03/02/1012:05 am
An Elma man was killed by accidentally urinating on a downed power
line after a one-car crash near Montesano.
Grays Harbor County sheriff’s deputy Dave Pimentel said Monday that 50-
year-old Roy Messenger was not seriously hurt after he collided with a
power pole Friday night and called a relative to pull his car out of
the ditch.
When family members arrived they found Messenger electrocuted.
Pimentel said Messenger apparently urinated into a roadside ditch but
didn’t see the live wire.
Pimentel said there will be an autopsy, but burn marks indicated the
way the electricity traveled through the body.
The Associated Press
Elma man electrocuted by urinating on power line
THE NEWS TRIBUNE
Published: 03/02/1012:05 am
An Elma man was killed by accidentally urinating on a downed power
line after a one-car crash near Montesano.
Grays Harbor County sheriff’s deputy Dave Pimentel said Monday that 50-
year-old Roy Messenger was not seriously hurt after he collided with a
power pole Friday night and called a relative to pull his car out of
the ditch.
When family members arrived they found Messenger electrocuted.
Pimentel said Messenger apparently urinated into a roadside ditch but
didn’t see the live wire.
Pimentel said there will be an autopsy, but burn marks indicated the
way the electricity traveled through the body.
The Associated Press