Man 'suffers electric shock' tripping over power cable hidden in snow in Preston
A man is believed to have suffered an electric shock after tripping over a power cable that was hidden by snow, Humberside Fire and Rescue Service said.
He was taken to hospital for checks after stumbling on the 110-volt wire from a main generator on an industrial site in Staithes Road, Preston, yesterday afternoon.
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Northern Power Grid said an engineer attended and the generator and cables belonged to the man, not Northern Power Grid.
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Comments
by miss-behaving
Friday, January 25 2013, 2:43PM
“Bet the clumsy twot feels a real bright spark!!”
by dascodave
Sunday, January 20 2013, 9:37PM
“For the last two days I've resisted doing the electrical gags on this one,seems I missed out big time lol....”
by crossplot
Sunday, January 20 2013, 8:21PM
“110v...thats 55v to earth..unless of course he decided to connect it to 240 and hope his "error" wasnt seen...”
by bendeebonner
Sunday, January 20 2013, 4:56PM
“So the generator and power cable belonged to the same man who tripped over them ?? how curious, sounds like a case for Sherlock OHMS and Doctor WATTson”
by DanDrimire
Sunday, January 20 2013, 3:39PM
“............ before he was sent ohm.....”
by David_Nivea
Sunday, January 20 2013, 3:30PM
“He should have 'volted' over the obstruction, leaving Amp-le clearance before landing back on the earth. What's his current condition?”
by fairway1
Sunday, January 20 2013, 3:14PM
“Shame the Hull Daily Mail didn't see fit to name the chap involved.
Could well have been Frank Spencer or something like that.”
by smudgerhcfc
Sunday, January 20 2013, 1:08PM
“So the point of this story is??????”
by Strangley
Sunday, January 20 2013, 12:42PM
“Why call out the Fire Brigade? I would have thought that an ambulance & a qualified sparky would be more apt.”
by emmaer7875
Sunday, January 20 2013, 9:53AM
“SHOCKING!!!!”