Trucker electrocuted after truck hit 120,000-volt cables

Huh... what are the odds these two threads would pop up the same day?

So who's at fault?

 

Apparently there was a low wire dangling and nobody knows why lol

 

I agree but totally different circumstances. This guy got zapped when he got out of the truck. Snapping a line at 60mph not the same. Besides, it happened in the UK, don't they distort the truth some?

 

Man...you aren't supposed to leave the earth that way.

 

You never know. Years ago in my town a trucker at an intersection, window cracked about a 1/2 inch, lightening got through it, killed him right where he sat.

 

Ouch!

 

Whoa, divine intervention?

 

I've always heard if struck by lighting or a live wire on vehicle the occupants are protected by the rubber tires. Until you attempt to exit.

Touch ground while still in contact with vehicle completes the circuit producing a shock.

 

I read, a standard wire on a pole carries between 7,200 and 12,000 volts. A wire carrying 120,000 volts I doubt would be low enough, and if it was, the power company would know about it. I agree, stepping on the step plate still should have been insulated from the ground. This story stinks,,,