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Man found burned at foundry dies

2007 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

Note--This is a follow up to the story I submitted on 12 July about the two men who were electrocuted while trying to steal copper wire. So one of the gentleman has indeed qualified for the Darwin Awards.

One of the two men injured Thursday morning at a closed New River Valley foundry has died, hospital officials said.

Christopher Brandon Goad, 24, suffered second- and third-degree electrical burns to at least 60 percent of his body after he cut into a 4,160-volt wire with a hacksaw at the Radford Foundry. He was airlifted to the DeCamp Burn Center at the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center in Charlottesville.

According to Mike Moran, a patient services supervisor for the hospital, Goad died sometime Sunday. Moran said the exact time and cause of death would not be available until sometime today.

Goad's stepfather, Stephen Edward Bakaitis, 46, was also injured Thursday. His condition fluctuated between serious and critical over the weekend; Sunday night he was again listed in serious condition.

Radford police found the two injured men after they responded to a report of gunshots at the foundry. Bakaitis told officers at the scene that he and Goad had entered the property intending to steal copper wire, police Capt. Jim Lawson said.

-- Neil Harvey

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SITE: If this story is selected for the Darwin Awards, I would like to remove my name and email address from both of these stories. I had indicated otherwise on the first email.

Submitted on 07/16/2007

Submitted by: Anonymous
Reference: Roanoke Times--Roanoke.com on 16 July 2007

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Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: For Darwin's Eyes
Well at least one of these guys now qualifies for a DA if we accept the previous submission.


James said:
Definitely Keep: For Darwin's Eyes
I voted against this one as too common, but we'll let Darwin decide!


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