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Electrecuted while tagging

2003 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

A young man was found dead on the roof of a subway-train in Oslo, Norway. Apparently he was about to tag or grafitti-paint the train when he accedently touched the 15.000 volt electricity wires. The train was parked in an maintenance area when the young man and two of his friends climbed it. Witnesses say they heard a loud bang and shortly after flames appeared on the roof.

For all of us who hate tagging and lousy unwanted grafitti, this is a small piece of universal justice (had my house done twice!). Shame about the kid though.

The story is in Norwegian only, but I can help translate if you want it: http://www.nettavisen.no/servlets/page?section=2&item=242999

Submitted on 11/23/2002

Submitted by: Anonymous
Reference: Nettavisen, Norway, 24.11.02

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Bill said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
I'm with Charles - really too common, but we'll see repostings until we pass it.

Charles said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
I don't think any of the other electrocutions have gotten into the site; they are pretty frequent, but this one needs to get into the slush pile so that we will (I hope) stop seeing re-postings.

Bert said:
Maybe Toss: Too Common
I think this about the 4th urban railway electrocution accident this fall-

Gregory said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
Electrocutions around train lines relatively common, though.

Matt said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
We do need a translation

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