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- Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!sun4nl!research.ptt.nl!walvdrk
- From: walvdrk@research.ptt.nl (KEES VAN DER WAL)
- Subject: 25KV (was: SHOCKING STORIES)
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.192145.1@research.ptt.nl>
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- Organization: PTT Research, The Netherlands
- References: <1992Jul18.175339.10396@newstand.syr.edu> <1992Jul22.145523.261@bony1.bony.com>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 18:21:45 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul22.145523.261@bony1.bony.com>, billg@bony1.bony.com (Bill
- Gripp) writes:
-
- > natural reaction was to grab that wire so he wouldn't fall. Only
- > problem was that wire provided 11kVAC to drive the electric trains. He
- > said his brother only survived because the path the current took through
- > his body did not pass through his heart.
-
- This morning there was a story on the BBC-news that a boy survived a 25KV shock
- from an overhead railway line. I didn't catch how he came into contact with the
- line; he's in hospital now.
-
- <kees>
-