Terrible case. 16 yo boy who saw a high tension cable on the | Figure 1
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Case Description
Terrible case. 16 yo boy who saw a high tension cable on the street and picked it up. Got burned and went home, telling no one, because he was afraid of getting grounded. His mom went to wake him up the next day and found this. I have to upload another set of pictures, where the electricity came out of his body.
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