Circut rider 
2003 Reader Submission
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An acquantiance told me how her ex had died. The guy operated a dump truck and decided to empty it without checking for overhead power lines. I'm not sure whether the rising bed broke lines or just hit them, but he realized his problem and jumped out. "Jump" must be the crucial verb; evidently he left without ever touching the body of the truck and the ground at the same time, because he survived the hop.
Once safely out, he saw that the electricity was setting his truck on fire. He then decided to climb back IN and save the truck by driving it away from danger. Alas, he must have competed the circuit between truck & ground this time, because he didn't survive the try.
She said it was in the paper, but not which paper. It seemed too callous to ask whether the truck burned.
Submitted on 04/26/2002
Submitted by:
Bystander
Reference:
Late '90s, Ann Arbor area
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