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By Associated Press
January 12, 2005, 9:07 PM EST
CHARDON, Ohio -- A 17-year-old Amish boy was electrocuted trying to remove a power line that got tangled in his horse-drawn buggy's wheels, authorities said.
Samuel Barkman drove over a power line Tuesday that had sagged down within a foot of the road after separating from a pole, authorities said.
The line got stuck in the wheels and stopped the buggy. The boy got out and grabbed the 4,800-volt line in an attempt to remove it from the wheels, the Geauga County Sheriff's office said. He died at the scene.
The Amish are a deeply religious group who shun modern conveniences such as electricity, telephones and car ownership. About 53,000 Amish live in Ohio, the most of any state.
The boy was traveling south on a road near Geauga-Trumbull County line . . . "
By Associated Press
January 12, 2005, 9:07 PM EST
CHARDON, Ohio -- A 17-year-old Amish boy was electrocuted trying to remove a power line that got tangled in his horse-drawn buggy's wheels, authorities said.
Samuel Barkman drove over a power line Tuesday that had sagged down within a foot of the road after separating from a pole, authorities said.
The line got stuck in the wheels and stopped the buggy. The boy got out and grabbed the 4,800-volt line in an attempt to remove it from the wheels, the Geauga County Sheriff's office said. He died at the scene.
The Amish are a deeply religious group who shun modern conveniences such as electricity, telephones and car ownership. About 53,000 Amish live in Ohio, the most of any state.
The boy was traveling south on a road near Geauga-Trumbull County line . . . "
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