Cops: Man killed by urinating on downed wire after crash

Whoops - don't even remember posting that. Normally I'm quite charming. Got piss drunk last night though.

 

Just as long as you didn't piss on - or touch - a live wire!

 

My former shop had a story about the incident this week. Not sure if there was a full story or just what was online. All stories are together on one page, so the link is to the Web site front page:
http://www.thevidette.com/

Elma man electrocuted
MONTESANO — An Elma man was fatally electrocuted Friday evening, Feb. 26, after surviving a crash into a utility pole on Black Creek Road unscathed.

Roy Messenger, 50, of Elma was pronounced dead at the scene after paramedics unsuccessfully tried to revive him. Apparently, after losing control of the vehicle about four miles up the rural road and crashing into a power pole, he was able to call family members via cell phone to pick him up, Grays Harbor Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Dave Pimentel said Tuesday.

An initial report in The Daily World that the man had been electrocuted while being extricated from the vehicle was incorrect, Fire District No. 2 deputy chief Larry Willis said.

Other media reports attributed Pimentel as saying Messenger was electrocuted while urinating onto a live power line.

That would have been impossible due to the location of the wire and doesn’t match the injuries, Pimentel and Willis said. Pimentel said he was misquoted.

 

Ah, the old "I was misquoted" dodge.

 

Well, it was a good story while it lasted ....

Also, the copy editor in me cringed when reading the lede. Fatally electrocuted is redundant.