don't shock the messenger

[erial]

MONTESANO, Wash. (AP) - Authorities believe a Washington man was killed by accidentally urinating on a downed power line after a car crash.
Grays Harbor County sheriff's Deputy Dave Pimentel (PIM'-en-tel) said Monday 50-year-old Roy Messenger was not seriously hurt after he collided with a power pole Friday and called a relative to pull his car from a ditch.

However, family members found Messenger electrocuted when they arrived.

Pimentel says Messenger apparently urinated into a roadside ditch but didn't see the live wire. The urine stream likely served as a conductor, allowing the electricity to reach his body.

Pimentel says there will be an autopsy but burn marks indicated the way the electricity traveled through Messenger's body.

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[shlingdawg]

Silly loggers. It's not ALWAYS the tree that kills ya.

[DOSS]

wasn't there a mythbusters show that said this was impossable unless you were hung like a horse and kneeling down in the rain

[Sombeech]

DON'T CROSS THE STREAMS!!!

[accadacca]

Oh SNAP! (used in proper context?)

[tallsteve]

wasn't there a mythbusters show that said this was impossable unless you were hung like a horse and kneeling down in the rain

Yes there was and that was the conclusion!

[accadacca]

That just stings...