Thursday, June 14, 2007
Pike County Man Electrocuted While Attempting to Steal Copper.
Gregory Blankenship, 27, of Majestic was killed Wednesday evening in the small Mingo County community of Vulcan. According to the West Virginia State Police, Blankenship climbed a telephone pole in an attempt to steal copper. The Pike Countian slipped and fell on an active line. That is when Blankenship was zapped with 74,000 volts of electric current. Blankenship was pronounced dead by the Mingo County Coroner.
# posted by Joe Kinzer @ 4:36 PM 
