It warms my heart - One for the Darwin Awards

[gravitas]

Would-be Quebec thief electrocuted during heist

Sunday, January 07, 2007


MONTREAL -- A would-be thief is dead after breaking into a Hydro-Quebec tower to steal valuable copper wire.

The man in his 40s was electrocuted when he cut the electrical wires atop the tower in the north end of Montreal.

According to city police, such thefts are becoming commonplace with the soaring price of scrap metal, including copper.

Across the country in the past year, there have been reports of manhole covers torn out, aluminum siding ripped off homes and aging church roofs stripped for scrap.

In one case in Ontario, a bronze statue of a Ukrainian poet was chopped off at the feet and carted off to be sold for scrap.

Electrical wires have been a popular target for scrap metal thieves and there have been many deaths reported in the U.S.

The wires carry up to 13,000 volts, which can kill instantly upon contact.

Shame they couldn't post pics of the crispy criminal

 

[xoxo Amie]

lol - natural selection at it's finest...

 

[Randy Whorewald]

Didn't the same thing happen here in BC a little while back? Maybe even more than once?

Happens more often than you think. Here is one locally last May:

http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/....html?id=23300fcd-ae18-48dc-bef1-43935f702213

also this

http://www.richmond-news.com/issues06/083206/news/083206nn1.html

 

[OTBn]

that's unfortunate - warms the heart... really?

Here, have a cookie... you'all

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[Quarter Mile'r]

that's unfortunate - warms the heart... really?

Here, have a cookie... you'all

Awww, a group hug for OTBn everyone.

..........QM'r

 

[teejay69]

Group Hug OOOOOOOOO

Awww, a group hug for OTBn everyone.

..........QM'r

Yes - that was a great clip. OOOOOOOO

 

[Quarter Mile'r]

Sarcasm?, what sarcasm?

...snicker......snicker.....


.........QM'r

 

[Mr.O]

Free Hugs

Yes - that was a great clip. OOOOOOOO

Now, if you were to change just one of those words....

Free ________ ?

________ Hugs?

 

[sirlickheralot]

It's nice of these morons to punish themselves, effective at cutting down on repeat offenses. Now we just need to take some of that live copper wire and shove it up the ass of the owners of these scrape metal dealers who are knowingly purchasing stolen metal.