Utility crew discovers dead body

Utility workers discovered a dead body Saturday morning while repairing a power outage in northeast Oklahoma City, authorities said.

Saturday, March 22nd 2008, 5:57 pm

By: News 9


Staff and Wire Reports

Police suspect a man who died Saturday was electrocuted while trying to steal copper from a power line.

Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co. workers were responding to a power outage near NE 50 between Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. boulevards when they found a man dead grasping two wires, police said.

A power line had been cut nearby.

 

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