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Have a safe Thanksgiving and Christmas. DON'T PLAY WITH ELECTRICITY unless you know damn well what you're doing.
California man dies while installing Christmas lights in high-voltage accidentA 24-year-old Escondido man died in an electrocution accident last week while installing Christmas lights, officials said.
The man, identified as Antonio Pascual Mateo, was hanging lights on the roof of a home located at 2010 Skyline Drive in Escondido, the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office said in a news release.
Mateo was electrocuted at approximately 10:48 a.m. after he threw the lights over a high-voltage power line near the home,
Mateo was electrocuted at approximately 10:48 a.m. after he threw the lights over a high-voltage power line near the home,
Science teachers, please take note.
Sad, Happened to the wrong damn guy.
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