Copper Thief Dies After Getting 7,000 Volts
The Dallas Morning News reports James “Buster” McKay died Saturday from injuries he sustained, police believe, attempting to steal copper wire from a utility pole. Dallas police received a call about 4:30 a.m. Friday about a man who appeared to be stuck on the pole near the Dallas/Irving border. Utility company Oncor received a call about an outage at around the same time and restored power. Police believe McKay may have grabbed a wire during the power restoration.
Crews responding found McKay with his skin melded to the pole after receiving an estimated 7,000 volts of electricity, possibly twice. He suffered third-degree burns and was burned over 50 percent of his body Much of McKay’s clothing had either burned off or been blown off. Ow. As Super Dave Osborne might say, record pain.
Police estimate the incident caused some $10,000 in damage and of course McKay’s death. Had he lived to profit from his attempt, police say they found $50 worth of copper on the ground beside McKay. Yeah, that was totally worth it, dude.
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