Monday, July 11, 2011

Cable-theft attempt kills 16-year-old boy

BBC has reported that a 16-year-old boy was killed in Stourton, UK on Sunday, July 3 while apparently attempting to steal copper cable and components from a power station.

The news agency identified the electrocution victim as Ryan Woolams.

The power station is owned and operated by CE Electric UK. That company told BBC it had dealt with 279 incidents of metal theft within the past year.

CE Electric UK's head of safety Geoff Earl made a plea for would-be thieves to consider the potentially tragic consequences of their actions.

You can read BBC's coverage here.

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