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Man Electrocuted During Copper Wire

2007 Reader Submission
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Police: Nashua Man Electrocuted During Copper Wire Theft

POSTED: 10:50 pm EDT March 28, 2007 UPDATED: 10:56 pm EDT March 28, 2007

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TYNGSBOROUGH, Mass. -- Two men were electrocuted Wednesday when they apparently cut through a high-voltage wire outside a vacant factory at an industrial park in Tyngsborough, police said.

The men got inside a fence securing electric supply equipment and "they cut a line they thought was grounded, but it was live and had 13,000 volts going through it," Tyngsborough acting police chief Richard Burrows said.

Police identified one of the men as Roland Farland, 58, of Nashua, N.H. They said they were still attempting to identify the second man.

"The reason for the individuals being in that electrical facility is not clear," National Grid spokeswoman Debbie Drew said. She said they were not employed by the utility company or its contractors.

Police said in a statement that some freshly cut wire was found in a pile near a truck that belonged to one of the victims. They said they belived the men were attempting to steal copper wire.

Drew said the factory at 65 Middlesex Road once housed Hussey Plastic Manufacturers.

Copyright 2007 by WMUR. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Submitted on 03/28/2007

Submitted by: John Ricard
Reference: WMUR, Channel 9, New Hampshire

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James said:
Definitely Toss: Too Common
Thanks for sending this in, John! Wire theft has to be THE most common of all the incidents we get here in Darwinland. What gets me is that one of the late electrothieves was 58! I guess age is as irrelevant as nationality! Anyway, I plan on tallying up all the botched wire theft electrocutions at some point and see exactly how many we have. My guess is around 50 or so in the past yeat and a half!


Chip said:
Definitely Toss: Repeat
Repeat of earlier submission and too common. Thanks for sending, John


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