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Ekliptix
01-31-2003, 09:15 PM
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Joe R. Thompson III, 18, hangs onto utility wires as he waits for emergency workers to rescue him after an auto accident in Blue Springs, Mo., on Monday.

High-wire act
helps teenager
survive crash

Ejected from crash, he grabs onto utility lines


ASSOCIATED PRESS



KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 28 — A teenager was catapulted at least 25 feet in the air during an auto accident but grabbed onto overhead utility wires like an action hero and dangled for about 20 minutes before a rescue crew brought him down by ladder.

buh_buh
01-31-2003, 09:15 PM
BAHAHAHAHAHHAHA

RickDaTuner
01-31-2003, 09:48 PM
wow lucky there was no power going through those lines.

man what a bizzare accident

GTS Jeff
01-31-2003, 09:58 PM
Originally posted by RickDaTuner
wow there was no power going through those lines.

man what a bizzare accident telephone lies

air_mikey
01-31-2003, 11:04 PM
Originally posted by RickDaTuner
wow there was no power going through those lines.

man what a bizzare accident
i think you wont get electricuted if your not touching anythign else. if your just touching that one wire then you should be fine cuz look at birds. they dont get fried.

D'z Nutz
01-31-2003, 11:13 PM
Originally posted by air_mikey

i think you wont get electricuted if your not touching anythign else. if your just touching that one wire then you should be fine cuz look at birds. they dont get fried.

That's right. As soon as you touch something that grounds the current, then you're fucked.

Ekliptix
01-31-2003, 11:26 PM
like a ladder?

rage2
01-31-2003, 11:37 PM
They obviously turned off the power before using the ladder :D.

gpomp
02-01-2003, 12:01 AM
Firetruck has rubber wheels, electricity shouldn't get through...

Zephyr
02-01-2003, 12:05 AM
the line he grabbed on just so happened to be a neutral line.... i saw this on the news...

4wheeldrift
02-01-2003, 09:08 AM
Wear your seatbelts kiddies, or you too could be playing spiderman on the evening news. That kid must have a horseshoe up his ass, talk about lucky :eek:

ReMiXed lude
02-01-2003, 03:41 PM
That is so wild. I know that if I was flying through the air, I would not be able to think "oh grab that line"

boi-alien
02-01-2003, 03:45 PM
man what a luckyass kid!!

GTS Jeff
02-01-2003, 06:37 PM
Originally posted by ThE ReMiX
That is so wild. I know that if I was flying through the air, I would not be able to think "oh grab that line" what happened is he got ejected from the car and flew into the power lines which he got entangled in for awhile, then he dropped a couple feet and grabbed onto the line below. crazy stuff

mwmhong
02-03-2003, 08:52 AM
LOL!! :thumbsup:

eur0
02-03-2003, 01:20 PM
lmao, :rofl: that guy is seriously lucky to be alive

Nix87
02-03-2003, 09:20 PM
That kid is one lucky mother thats for sure..bet he ain't driving like no moron anymore.

Nick

600cc's
02-03-2003, 10:44 PM
damm

Glowrider
02-03-2003, 11:03 PM
Hahaha, what an asshole.