Criminals Try To Steal Live Wire, Shocked And Hospitalized

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Pittsburgh (PA) - Two not-so-smart criminals are lucky to be alive after being shocked by the very wire they tried to steal. 24-year-old Daniel Jay Basinger and 27-year-old Kevin Lee Lytle apparently didn’t do too well in science class and climbed a power pole to grab a wire that was attached to a live transformer. Both suffered electrical burns and fled the scene to the local hospital for treatment.

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4 Comments Comment from the forums
  • spuddyt
    these people are human?
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  • virtualban
    The tone of the article sounds like "The Darwin Awards"... probably they're honorable mentions there by now.
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  • njalterio
    Reminds me of the time when I heard in the news that two kids got electrocuted trying to hang their sneakers on telephone lines....trying to mimic the movie "Like Mike" and get basketball skills. lol
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  • ahmshaegar
    Probably after the grounding wire? I can only hope they were smart enough to distinguish between the wires. In any case, it seems they got the wrong wire.
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