Nearly a Darwin award.
Two men and a seven tear old girl at Prestons, NSW, pulled up at an excavation, fenced and clearly marked as dangerous, “Live cables below”. In a determined attempt to prove that NSW stands for “No sense whatever”…
Police allege the younger man entered the area with a battery powered angle grinder and attempted to cut into the insulation surrounding the cables.
It is further alleged that as the grinder cut through the cable and struck the live copper wiring there was an explosion.
The 32-year-old man suffered extensive burns to his upper body but was able to return to his vehicle and drive to Campbelltown Hospital.
Suffering injury to 50 per cent of his body the man will be transferred to the burns unit at Concord Hospital and remains in a serious but stable condition.
bobmcgee 