People don't realize that if you knock over a light pole, traffic light pole or traffic control box is that the power is probably still going to be energized. Just because you don't see sparks doesn't mean it's not hot. So, don't play hero and run over to the car and attempt to open the door. I witnessed an accident when I was in Hawaii and a motorist had just knocked over a light pole and as I was getting out of my car 2 people ran over to the car as I am screaming DON'T TOUCH THE CAR and of course they ignored me and got killed dead. The woman in the truck was fine and I kept telling her to stay put. there was no fire, but her truck body was energized and unless you can leap clear, not having one foot on the ground, you WILL get killed. I had to argue with people NOT to touch the car or try to move the bodies and told them I was a firefighter on vacation. PD showed up first and I had to yell at the officers NOT TO TOUCH THE CAR and Fire showed up and I told them what happened to the 2 people lying on the ground next to the truck. They had to wait for the power company to arrive and kill the power. The woman driver survived fine, two well meaning people died. PD wasn't happy that I was yelling at them, but apologized after they found out that the truck WAS energized and they would have met the same fate as the 2 people who DIDN'T listen to me. You have to use extreme care around ANY kind of electrical equipment that has been knocked down.
Oh my goodness 😢 this is great knowledge to educate about. I would’ve never known about the dangers of touching a car after hitting a light pole. Thank God you were there to prevent more fatalities. I appreciate what you do in your career. God bless 🙏🏼
Sadly there was fire, that may be why she was trying to exit the vehicle. That’s a tough decision to make. Stay in the vehicle and potentially burn or inhale smoke OR exit the vehicle and get electrocuted. I’m sure she didn’t realize there was open power after just getting into a serious accident, either. People are so judgmental-even to those that just lost their life.
"The [22 year old female] passenger attempted to push the vehicle off of the electrical box" - That poor girl did not know what they crashed into. RIP - horrible way to go.
@@jesusislife9259 It was a run-of-the-mill "joke" pertaining to "doneness" - I'm sure you can figure it out. I'll let each person decide for themselves on how controversial that was.
Very sad. Great footage, so thankful for journalists like you who shownthe real raw unedited reality of life and what our first responders do day in amd day out, gives a new appreciation to their jobs from people who have no idea.
So tragic! Thank you for covering this story. This is very important information to stay alive when encountering electrical accidents. It's better to stay inside the vehicle and do your best not to touch any metal. Wait for the power to be shut off before moving out. Don't let anyone try to approach your car until the power is off or they will be electrocuted.
Or if she was already outside she should have stayed away and waited until the emergency arrived, I am guessing they were trying to get away from the crash they caused without getting caught and charged with DUI.
@@practicelogos53teamer If you watched the whole thing and listened to the interview you would know that the deceased person was determined to be a passenger in the vehicle that attempted to get away from the vehicle. You can see the smoke and wires sparking. I am sure they were afraid the car was going to catch on fire. It's a scary choice to watch the car catching on fire and yet be electrocuted if you step out.
@@discerninglight1998 I did hear the interview and saw the video but theirs not a lot of information was given what really happened way before the passenger trying stepping out and was electrocuted, it's also possible they were trying to get away when they crashed, before they were caught. You can see the driver look like she is intoxicated their possible the passenger was intoxicated also. The information given the passenger was trying to move the electrical box away from the vehicle, if she wasn't intoxicated or was smart enough to know not to be close to the power source she would be alive right now. She was the reason the vehicle was on fire, when the she was electrocuted she caught on fire. You may be right also but that's what I am thinking about what possibly happened too.
@@practicelogos53teamer The person they are attending to was electrocuted too. They mentioned she had electrical burns. Being electrocuted is serious to internal organs. You may not know the extent of the internal damage. We don't know what caused the accident initially and possibly DUI but the woman they are attending to has possibly serious electrical internal damage.
As an electrician well versed in the danger of electricity, it saddens me to think that was someones loved one. Also i can't help but notice how these EMS and Fire responders work together as they all held her up as she fainted and the one fireman stepping around back of the stretcher to keep it from slipping away. Good work fellas. Cheers from Toledo Ohio.
I was dating a girl a few years ago and her elderly mother did the same thing except her Toyota Corolla ended up on top of the electrical box. She called 911 and us. It was raining bad that night. They got her out safe. When we arrived, I couldn’t believe that was even possible. Well, after the car was down and mom at home, the state police showed up and took her driver’s license away for good. I took pictures of the car sitting perfectly on top of the electrical box.
Taking her license was a public service! thank god. Every time i see an elderly person behind the wheel it scares the shit outta me, some people yield and go out of their way to get away from big semi trucks… Me, i do that when i see those raisins in the driver seat! no way in hell should most of them be out there on the road! like it or not they pose a severe danger for other motorists especially themselves.
She went quickly. Once she was electrocuted it was instant lights out. Sadly, the family still never be able to see her again. No open casket, no chance to see her and grieve. She’s not in any position to be seen by the family.
Unfortunate outcome. Please stay in your car when electricity is involved as a result of an accident or weather related. May the passenger rest in everlasting peace ✝️.
@@Londya Yo're right! I misjudged everything I saw with my eyes. It was a bunny rabbit that jumped into the street, and she swerved up on the curb to avoid it. She was staggering around because she almost hit the rabbit...
@@olorin1710 Quiet, government muppet. Nobody's going to stop doing that. REAL lesson Is don't get out of your vehicle after hitting electrical boxes or power lines. Duh.
@@AntonSanderMaking decisions that normal people would make is now being a “government muppet”, lol, young generations today aren’t just super corny and fake-tough, they’re dumb as well 😂😂
I was going to complain how they didn’t even bother trying to cover the body from bystanders but realized if the electricity hadn’t been cut yet it may have been too dangerous to. But wow…rarely ever see it completely out in the open like that. Poor girl
@@PACbelltech1 “didn’t make it all the way out” that literally says someone tried? Maybe a flat tire, could cause them in the car to get them, but I’m not a electrician.
That's just so sad! I hope the woman taken to the hospital can fully recover. The person that died apparently did what a lot of people would do after a collision... she got out of the car. From the looks of it, that appeared to be one of the electrical boxes we all see near intersections that power the traffic lights. We don't really think of them being charged enough to kill you. What a horrible way to learn that lesson. My condolences to the family, friends, and loved ones of the woman who lost her life.
@@Thumper68 People whom are clueless to such things. Unfortunately most people walk around not understanding how almost anything works around them. If understanding how stuff worked was the norm, there's no way in hell that passenger would have gotten out and tried to push the car off the electrical box because they'd think "With the amount of wattage and amperage surging through those wires, I just might disappear in a poof and become a shadow painted on the wall"
@@bryonmiller4326 it’s unfortunate people have no common sense. The real question is how the hell did they crash into it in a single vehicle accident 🤣
Judging by the body, she was dead in matter of seconds, or at least hopefully due to how painful burns are, let alone electrical ones. When I was a kid, my friend dared me to touch lower wire on electric fence to keep sheep in/predators out, and it freaking hurt, and that was a relatively small voltage.
I don't think people get it, she literally touched the electrical box in order to push the vehicle off it and so it did her instantly. The other lady (the driver) probably sustained burns trying to help her out, and needless to say, she couldn't.
@@georgespalding7640 From 1:10 you can clearly see her hanging down from the passenger window. Her head is upside down and partially inside the box, face towards the camera, skin completely gray/silver from burns.
I work with live utilities and one thing we go over a lot is what to do in the event of striking a live utility line/transformer? If in a vehicle stay inside! Until the main power is completely off. If on foot do not walk away! Instead sweep your feet on the ground that means keep your feet on ground at all times! Some of those ulility boxes/transformers hold anywhere from 350kh to 750kh.They will kill u in an instant! Please be aware and be safe.❤
Damn i sat on those on the play ground in grade school all the time. The most tragic thing is the wreck wasn't very bad. For someone to lose their life this way is awful.
2:30 in the morning and she drove over a curb and sidewalk? Was she drunk? Worst place for anything like this to happen. Condolences for the passenger's family!
@@PACbelltech1 agree, she could barely even stand and it was just a minor crash so it’s not like she would have been gravely injured or something. I’m guessing some kind of substance was involved.
@@PACbelltech1 The passenger a 22-year-old woman exited the vehicle and reportedly attempted to push the vehicle off of the electrical box and was electrocuted.
I remember years ago seeing online some failed copper thief that was noting but a skeleton underneath a pile of ashes trying to steal copper from one of those tower freeway lamps you see along city freeways!
So very sad in deed, what the poor girl must have gone through,,no one deserves to die like that. I feel for the driver too, as she will live with the guilt forever, and will suffer really bad, with the visions she saw that night. The first responders deserve medals for what they do..I can't imaging what gruesome things they discover. RIP to the young lady , my condolences to all who knew her. To the driver, I hope you receive as much help as possible, so that you can continue your life. xxx
Remember when they just loaded you in the back of a Cadillac ambulance and brought you to the hospital where they would treat you, now they bring all this gear and it takes hours before you get to the hospital.
@@missj.lawrence9987 FATAL means she died later and counted for as a FATALITY. Otherwise they would have wrote NEAR FATAL In journalism you dont headline "fatal" when there isn't a "fatality"
@@The-CatExcept she didn't. Read the description, maybe? The woman who was conscious on scene was the driver. She recovered. The passenger was electrocuted when attempting to leave the vehicle and pronounced deceased on scene.
Thanks to the rubber tires - a vehicle is one of the safest places you can be if there are any high voltage power lines on the ground or there’s a nearby lightning strike. A friend of mine pulled into his driveway after work one day. A bolt of lightning stuck the tree next to the driveway which was right along the side of his car as he was pulling in. The bolt of lightning traveled down the tree then arced over to his vehicle. He said he could see the electricity go across the windshield like a spider web. Thankfully someone inside the house saw what happened and called 911. He stayed in the car until the fire department arrived and they were able to get him out of the vehicle safely. Crazy postscript - the re was a continuous strip of bark missing from the tree from top to bottom where the lighting traveled down the tree. Even years later it’s a memory of that day. Thank god my friend was ok. His car saved his life.
Fatally electrocuted? Electrocution literally means death by electric shock. There’s no need to put the word “fatally” before that. If mean you wouldn’t say “fatally drowned” either, would you?
There's zero excuse for what happened and an occupant was killed as a result. The car drifted off of a straight road. This is clearly a case of distracted driving. The next inexcusable thing was (according to the description) the passenger trying to push the car off the electrical box instead of one of them calling the police or fire department. 4000 to 7000 VOLTS!
To think, it was due to a 1970s TV drama show ("Emergency!") that is responsible for first responders like these guys. Yes, we had fire departments prior to that, but not qualified medical personnel like we do now. Hospital doctors were against the idea of having "lightly trained medics" in the field, but soon realized the importance of having them once that show debuted. The training for these medics has gotten SO much better over the years, and they have saved many lives. Sadly, they couldn't save this young lady. If only she'd have gotten out of the driver's side of the vehicle, she'd still be alive.
A lot of medics are also hospital EMTs (ED techs), RNs, and NPs. One of the medics on my shift is way overqualified to be a medic, given his day job as an NP. Medics today do hundreds of hours of clinical rotations and are more than qualified to work in an ED at the level of an RN (remember folks, RNs are the ones who do the bulk of the work in an ED). If it is trauma or simple medical emergencies, any EMT (B/A/I/P) can be your savior. Complex medical emergencies are where the A/I/P EMTs come to save the day. The I/P (medics) are your saviors for cardiac issues (assuming you aren't the 9/10 AMI patients that don't regain consciousness). Also, mobile integrated healthcare (MIH) and it's ancillary component, community paramedicine (CP), are increasingly proving their worth in bringing treatment to the patient. It is kind of like the modern take on a doctor's house call.
@@ShimrraJamaane Well put. Especially about the RNs. I have quite a personal history with the medical field, despite never having actually worked IN it. My grandmother was a Nurses Assistant at a nursing home when I was a child. I spent a lot of time there early in life. I personally witnessed the good, the bad, and the downright ugly of such places. The TV show I mentioned was something I was a huge fan of, and almost applied to the local fire academy because of it. I got talked out of it because of the risk involved (my grandmother (who raised me) was VERY controlling). However, when I got to college, for my "Health Credit", I and over half of the class took the EMT (as it was called then) Training class, which was pretty detailed about rendering first aid and preparing patients for transport. When it came out that there was a misprint in the College Class Catalog, we were given the Health Credit anyway. But that training served me very well in the years since, because I was able to save several lives because of knowing what to do, what NOT to do, because I just happened to be somewhere when something bad happened. It's something that, looking back over my life, I was prepped for since childhood. It's good to know that the bad things in my life, at least had positive influences on the lives of others. A couple of which would have ended had I not had the knowledge I have. I have nothing but the utmost respect for first responders. I've seen some of the things that they have, so I can relate to them.
@@IggyStardust1967 it's a great skillset to have. I got into it because of a fatal accident I witnessed several years ago and wanted to be able to help more. I did well in the moment, herding the cats (people milling about around the accident) into doing things that needed to be done (e.g. call 911, check the other vehicle, talk to the passengers and see if they are reporting any injuries, etc). However, I didn't have the first clue about what to do with the guy who's brainmatter was on the pavement.
I can say it was rough doing EMS in the 1980s because people didn't know and would regularly threaten us with violence because we were doing what we were trained to do - assess and treat before moving them, if that was in their best interests. I wish I hadn't decided that being paid minimum wage to be far from home with no support group and regularly threatened was too much and switched to electronics and IT.
@@ShimrraJamaane If his brainmatter was on the pavement, there was likely nothing you could do to help him. I was at an incident where someone was actively trying to run over people because he lost a fight (I didn't see the actual fight, but I heard later that he ran off after getting beaten up.... but from what I heard, he had instigated that fight). He even targeted me (missed me by about a foot, because I had good reflexes)... and I had done nothing to him. However, the two people he nearly killed... I was able to help. A girl that had been pinned between his car and an embankment, and the dude he actually DID run over. The girl had internal injuries that I couldn't really do much about. The guy was bleeding from the head. I organized people to help. I had someone call 911, someone else get me some towels, and found a driver for a pickup truck. I instructed someone to keep the girl still, so that her injuries were not worsened by movement, and directly helped the guy who was bleeding from the head. I knew he had other injuries, but I'm not qualified for internal stuff except to keep them still. I did take care of his head wound. Because ambulances were so slow to get there (despite being only 1/2 mile away), I loaded both of the seriously wounded into the bed of a pickup truck and told the driver to lay on his horn all the way to the nearest hospital, while appointing someone to ride "shotgun", to keep flashing the vehicle's lights. I also had someone ride in the back to keep pressure on the towel covering the head wound. I told the driver to NOT stop for anything, and to run red lights if he had to (but to do so safely). They hauled ass to the hospital, and a couple of months later, the guy with the head wound came into the store that I worked at, literally to thank me for saving his life. He told me what the ER doctors had told him: "If that guy hadn't done what he did, you'd be dead right now." I said, "I don't need to be thanked for that. I appreciate it, but I don't need it. I did what I was trained to do. You've been given a second chance at life, and I hope you make the best of it." I stayed at the scene to help identify the guy who committed that heinous act. I spent the night at the police station because of it. And I'm okay with that. FWIW, he WAS caught, and convicted. But not of "murder" charges, because neither of those kids died. I still consider it a win, for that very reason. They didn't die.
@@practicelogos53teamer She should be charged for what? Do you have insider information on the car accident and death investigation? Somoe of the things people post on YT makes zero sense 99.999999% are not involved any part of the incident or investigation
Yes, that's the formal use of the word, but there's a wide informal use where electrocute is improperly used as a synonym to shock, and it's so widely spread of an error that we have to specify. I lived in northern York County in PA and electrocute was a word that was thrown around casually when it came to power outlets while shock was reserved for static electricity. It's wrong, but it's a common wrong.
@@coover65 That's the old-time definition. The modern definition of drowning is "the process of experiencing respiratory impairment from submersion/immersion in liquid." You have to specify if it's a fatal drowning and non-fatal drowning when talking about one. The old definition dates back to the 14th century, well before when we figured out how to resuscitate people. The Institute of Human Anatomy's "Drowning: what happens moment by moment" video is where I learned this from. The speaker himself is a non-fatal drowning survivor.
It sure looks like the driver is intoxicated, otherwise they would have picked her up and placed her on the stretcher. If she is intoxicated, that's manslaughter!
Around 13 years ago a guy near my house was electrocuted. He wrecked and was ok. Got out of the car and was killed. Crazy thing was I wrecked my motorcycle around the same time. Was at fire dept. hanging out with a guy that had station duty. He went to the call and I figured he’d be a while so I left on my bike and wrecked. He said the line was just touching the ground, him or the car never touched the wire. Some guys left that scene to come help me for my wreck.
Death of passenger was not caused by crash. She was perfectly fine. It was her own doing that got herself killed. It is common knowledge if in contact with live wires,stay put till help arrives.
I grew up in and around San Diego county and I never knew what those green metal boxes were.. apparently they're pad mounted transformers for SD g&E. I wouldn't have known to not get out of the car if I hit one, if it wasn't obviously sparking. If I knocked down an electrical pole and wires are obviously down yeah, totally stay in the car. This might be a good time for SDg&E to educate the public more. Rest in peace. 🥹
I know that I'm going to get a lot of backlash for this, but I'll do it anyway: My daugthers keep asking me why it is so important to have natural sciences and especially physics in school. That is what it is for. FWIW: My condolences.
Firefighters initially believed there may have been two victims in front of the vehicle, but the coroner soon determined that one was in fact just a radiator hose.
That's horrible. Rest in Heaven to the very young lady who passed in such a painful, tragic way. I hope the other young lady makes a full recovery. What a terrible thing.
Sad ending. A relatively slow speed crash with minor damage, very survivable, but a foolish and most likely alcohol induced decision turned fatal. I'm curious as to why someone was attempting to push the vehicle backwards ? Maybe they were contemplating getting the car freed and fleeing the scene.
I am guessing they are trying to flee the scene and trying not to get caught by the police, l am guessing also wasn't their first time driving under the influence.
@@practicelogos53teamerdo you know anything about this or are you just assuming? People keep mentioning drunk driving but it wasn’t mentioned in the video description. Why are you assuming they were trying to flee the law instead of trying to get out of what they thought was a dangerous situation. People who always assume that someone is doing the worst annoy me so much.
@@bluealice1386 Why you getting mad, did you read my comment carefully one of the words I used was " I am guessing" and theirs not a lot of information about what really happened. What it sounds like they were intoxicated or distracted how the world you drive 2:30 am and wreck into an electrical box and try to move it? Most annoying when people like you getting mad for no reason.
Such an unlikely and unusual tragedy. Wouldn't in a hundred years think to myself "let me be careful there might be a high voltage death trap on the other side of this door
it says the passenger 22-year-old female was pronounced deceased at the scene. The driver was transported by ambulance to a local hospital for treatment of minor electrical burns.
Totally understand and agree with the Battalion Chief with respect to remaining in a vehicle should it make contact with electrical lines, especially if they remain charged. Unfortunately, this victim was in a horrific catch-22 where she could remain in the vehicle until the fire department and utilities show up for the rescue, OR she can burn in the active fire. Prayers for her friends and family. R.I.P. 😢
They put poles up to keep you from driving into the front of a store, but not in front of power boxes...... that will electrocute you to death. Seems like a cheap way to make safer than nothing blocking it. Great video.
Had an accident years ago with my car into a light pole, and same thing i had gotten out of the car, and later on the cop asked me to go into the car to get my paper work, and me not knowing did it, then she was told the dangers and realized she messed up sending me back in, i didnt know this of course and somehow the cop didn't either, could've ended my life at 17 4 years ago that fast and simple and dumb
They said the car caught fire. She should have tried to get out the driver's side but if alcohol was involved then the judgment would have been impaired either way
My arm was hit by 480 volts. It felt like it was going to split open. It seemed five times bigger. Frecked me the fuck out. And i work on 110 hot lines.
Hardly, probably alcohol, cell phone or stunned on the crash and not thinking straight. Someone always has to bring in ridiculous comments about the vaccine or politics into these posts
From a journalistic standpoint- it’s important to delineate the syntax. “Fatally Electrocuted” is not correct. Electrocution is death by electric current. “Woman Electrocuted” is the headline. 👍
People don't realize that if you knock over a light pole, traffic light pole or traffic control box is that the power is probably still going to be energized. Just because you don't see sparks doesn't mean it's not hot. So, don't play hero and run over to the car and attempt to open the door. I witnessed an accident when I was in Hawaii and a motorist had just knocked over a light pole and as I was getting out of my car 2 people ran over to the car as I am screaming DON'T TOUCH THE CAR and of course they ignored me and got killed dead. The woman in the truck was fine and I kept telling her to stay put. there was no fire, but her truck body was energized and unless you can leap clear, not having one foot on the ground, you WILL get killed. I had to argue with people NOT to touch the car or try to move the bodies and told them I was a firefighter on vacation. PD showed up first and I had to yell at the officers NOT TO TOUCH THE CAR and Fire showed up and I told them what happened to the 2 people lying on the ground next to the truck. They had to wait for the power company to arrive and kill the power. The woman driver survived fine, two well meaning people died. PD wasn't happy that I was yelling at them, but apologized after they found out that the truck WAS energized and they would have met the same fate as the 2 people who DIDN'T listen to me. You have to use extreme care around ANY kind of electrical equipment that has been knocked down.
Nice book
You tried... and sometimes people don't listen to good advice.
Lol the truck of death
man, you definitely saved sum ppl. we forget how dangerous it really is. good job on saving them.
Oh my goodness 😢 this is great knowledge to educate about. I would’ve never known about the dangers of touching a car after hitting a light pole. Thank God you were there to prevent more fatalities. I appreciate what you do in your career. God bless 🙏🏼
What a horrible death. R.I.P. young lady. Condolences to her family and friends.
They were probably drunk and were trying to flee the scene.
@@olorin1710wtf kind of response is that lol
@@FordRangerClassics a sensible one
@@olorin1710 I also suspect DUI, but it is still a tragedy especially for the family/friends...
@@chett6491 yes
Sadly there was fire, that may be why she was trying to exit the vehicle. That’s a tough decision to make. Stay in the vehicle and potentially burn or inhale smoke OR exit the vehicle and get electrocuted. I’m sure she didn’t realize there was open power after just getting into a serious accident, either. People are so judgmental-even to those that just lost their life.
There wasn't a fire, the passenger was on fire after she got zapped. The car got stuck and she was trying to push the box off.
Unfortunately the girl was the object on fire. The frying sound was her being electrocuted for several minutes before fire arrived.
As others have said, sadly that was her body burning due to the immense electricity
Drunk driver crashes in to power box. Passenger tries to save the day by moving the car before cops arrive. Oops...
You just MADE THAT SHIT UP and then said people are judgmental. Your clearly just mental.
"The [22 year old female] passenger attempted to push the vehicle off of the electrical box" - That poor girl did not know what they crashed into. RIP - horrible way to go.
Guess whomever replied to your post was too controversial for us to read🤨 RUclips's censorship has gotten out of control!
@@jesusislife9259
Big time…
@@jesusislife9259personally I’m glad they are getting rid of bullying and rude comments in these tragic situations 👏
@@jesusislife9259 It was a run-of-the-mill "joke" pertaining to "doneness" - I'm sure you can figure it out. I'll let each person decide for themselves on how controversial that was.
@@jesusislife9259 It's usually the channel operator that moderates comments, except for a few things that are automatic across youtube.
Very sad. Great footage, so thankful for journalists like you who shownthe real raw unedited reality of life and what our first responders do day in amd day out, gives a new appreciation to their jobs from people who have no idea.
Very raw footage at 5:17 😢
You think this is sad, imagine how gut shredding sad it would be if she had cats or dogs in the car.
@@80sCrazyCatDadNGunAddiction i mean i do like dogs and cats more than i like most people so yeah...
I see censorship of the person on the ground so idk about raw and unedited
@@biketothetop Technically, this would be considered cooked footage, not raw.
So tragic! Thank you for covering this story. This is very important information to stay alive when encountering electrical accidents. It's better to stay inside the vehicle and do your best not to touch any metal. Wait for the power to be shut off before moving out. Don't let anyone try to approach your car until the power is off or they will be electrocuted.
Or if she was already outside she should have stayed away and waited until the emergency arrived, I am guessing they were trying to get away from the crash they caused without getting caught and charged with DUI.
@@practicelogos53teamer If you watched the whole thing and listened to the interview you would know that the deceased person was determined to be a passenger in the vehicle that attempted to get away from the vehicle. You can see the smoke and wires sparking. I am sure they were afraid the car was going to catch on fire. It's a scary choice to watch the car catching on fire and yet be electrocuted if you step out.
@@discerninglight1998 I did hear the interview and saw the video but theirs not a lot of information was given what really happened way before the passenger trying stepping out and was electrocuted, it's also possible they were trying to get away when they crashed, before they were caught. You can see the driver look like she is intoxicated their possible the passenger was intoxicated also. The information given the passenger was trying to move the electrical box away from the vehicle, if she wasn't intoxicated or was smart enough to know not to be close to the power source she would be alive right now. She was the reason the vehicle was on fire, when the she was electrocuted she caught on fire. You may be right also but that's what I am thinking about what possibly happened too.
@@practicelogos53teamer The person they are attending to was electrocuted too. They mentioned she had electrical burns. Being electrocuted is serious to internal organs. You may not know the extent of the internal damage. We don't know what caused the accident initially and possibly DUI but the woman they are attending to has possibly serious electrical internal damage.
@@discerninglight1998 I agree with you, but who knows what really happened before they wreck. RIP for victim and recovery for the driver.
As an electrician well versed in the danger of electricity, it saddens me to think that was someones loved one. Also i can't help but notice how these EMS and Fire responders work together as they all held her up as she fainted and the one fireman stepping around back of the stretcher to keep it from slipping away. Good work fellas. Cheers from Toledo Ohio.
Believe it or not…. They actually train for situations like this. Where they help people
@@classicwhitebreadsomebody is smarter than all the rest of us
I don’t see power line or poles down. Power underground? I don’t get it
@behr4204 it was a power box near the sidewalk 😢
@@henryD9363 perhaps
Electrocution literally means death by electric shock. There is no such thing as a non-fatal electrocution.
I was dating a girl a few years ago and her elderly mother did the same thing except her Toyota Corolla ended up on top of the electrical box. She called 911 and us. It was raining bad that night. They got her out safe. When we arrived, I couldn’t believe that was even possible. Well, after the car was down and mom at home, the state police showed up and took her driver’s license away for good. I took pictures of the car sitting perfectly on top of the electrical box.
Taking her license was a public service! thank god. Every time i see an elderly person behind the wheel it scares the shit outta me, some people yield and go out of their way to get away from big semi trucks… Me, i do that when i see those raisins in the driver seat! no way in hell should most of them be out there on the road! like it or not they pose a severe danger for other motorists especially themselves.
You too will b old one day. Don't get mad if yours is taken.
@@sheilaharjowhite If you are lucky.
@@isaiah2536sounds like your just a scared little person. Get over it every one has a time . If it's yours then nothing you can do about it.
@@Portuguese-linguica Awww ☹️ the truth a bit to much for you huh grandpa? have another glass of Metamucil and relax…
Why would there ever be anything that could electrocute you if you were driving ?
She went quickly. Once she was electrocuted it was instant lights out. Sadly, the family still never be able to see her again. No open casket, no chance to see her and grieve. She’s not in any position to be seen by the family.
Will she be burned everywhere? 😢
@@lisacaptain8216 her whole body is burnt to a crisp
@@lisacaptain8216 burned head to toe and charred. You can see the deceased body at 5:21 in the video. Definitely no open casket for her services
@@VladimirBlarpyou sure that’s a body? Looks unrecognizable
@@leejones4429yes...look at face and earrings right side
Thats a human on fire.. thats a burnt up human... so sad
Condolences to her family🙏🏻R.I.P. Ma’am
Those damn electrical boxes are very fragile, they must be protected with metal tubes to prevent this from happening.
Unfortunate outcome. Please stay in your car when electricity is involved as a result of an accident or weather related.
May the passenger rest in everlasting peace ✝️.
That driver looked very intoxicated
I think she's shocked
@@User_92020 didn't look too injured though. Seemed more under the influence than hurt.
@@PACbelltech1I wouldn’t be able to stand or think straight if I saw my friend get electrocuted fatally either
@@370gtalej5 well don't drive under the influence and you won't have to worry about being in that situation 👌
NO, THAT WAS THE PASSENGER GOT THE SHOCK @@User_92020
If there was ever a video to choose that shows the possible horrific consequences of drunk driving, this would be one.
It doesn’t even say that they were drunk.
Most likely drunk at 2am
@@delphinestubbs151 yeah pretty good chance
@@Londya Yo're right! I misjudged everything I saw with my eyes. It was a bunny rabbit that jumped into the street, and she swerved up on the curb to avoid it. She was staggering around because she almost hit the rabbit...
Don't do it is all you can say. People don't listen. Put themselves & others in danger. Here's the results again.😢
So sad. It is a horrible way for others to learn this lesson. RIP & condolences to family and friends.
Indeed. Do not drink and drive. Do not attempt to flee the scene
Is that what happened?
@@olorin1710 Quiet, government muppet. Nobody's going to stop doing that.
REAL lesson Is don't get out of your vehicle after hitting electrical boxes or power lines. Duh.
@@AntonSander haha 😄. Calm down kid. I know you youngins are just trying to live for the day.....
@@AntonSanderMaking decisions that normal people would make is now being a “government muppet”, lol, young generations today aren’t just super corny and fake-tough, they’re dumb as well 😂😂
I was going to complain how they didn’t even bother trying to cover the body from bystanders but realized if the electricity hadn’t been cut yet it may have been too dangerous to. But wow…rarely ever see it completely out in the open like that. Poor girl
You mean 5:17
Where was the body?
@@mikehenningsen8796 05:21
"I was going to complain how they didn’t even bother trying to cover the body from bystanders..."
Yes. I was shocked...
@@mikehenningsen8796by the electric box after they pulled the car off
Please enable captions so those of us with hearing issues can know what the brave firefighter says.
Really didn't say anything.
@@odaktin7857 What?
It’s not like their mic(d), man.
This is raw uncut footage.
duh, i'm hard of hearing and use captions... i'd need captions even if he were mic'd. Reading comprehension skills are iffy, huh?@@oceancat0450
You can press cc on the top right
The passenger most likely didn't know there was a power box after the accident.
A 22-year-old female attempted to push a vehicle off of an electrical box after a collision was electrocuted, police said.
@@Group_Anonymous that never happened. The fire chief said they never made it out of the car. That was probably the driver.
@@PACbelltech1wait, four rubber wheels?
someone opened the door and got out clearly, they grounded the
electricity.
@@DSToNe19and83 nope. Didn't make it all the way out. Got stuck trying to get out.
@@PACbelltech1 “didn’t make it all the way out” that literally says someone tried?
Maybe a flat tire, could cause them in the car to get them, but I’m not a electrician.
That's just so sad! I hope the woman taken to the hospital can fully recover. The person that died apparently did what a lot of people would do after a collision... she got out of the car. From the looks of it, that appeared to be one of the electrical boxes we all see near intersections that power the traffic lights. We don't really think of them being charged enough to kill you. What a horrible way to learn that lesson. My condolences to the family, friends, and loved ones of the woman who lost her life.
What? Who doesn’t think of them having high voltage?
@@Thumper68 People whom are clueless to such things. Unfortunately most people walk around not understanding how almost anything works around them. If understanding how stuff worked was the norm, there's no way in hell that passenger would have gotten out and tried to push the car off the electrical box because they'd think "With the amount of wattage and amperage surging through those wires, I just might disappear in a poof and become a shadow painted on the wall"
Its not a traffic light control box. It’s an electric transformer. Plus the firefighter clearly said SDG&E.
@@bryonmiller4326 it’s unfortunate people have no common sense. The real question is how the hell did they crash into it in a single vehicle accident 🤣
@@paulrbrtsn07 Oh I didn't realize that's what it was due to it being pretty mangled. Thanks.
Judging by the body, she was dead in matter of seconds, or at least hopefully due to how painful burns are, let alone electrical ones. When I was a kid, my friend dared me to touch lower wire on electric fence to keep sheep in/predators out, and it freaking hurt, and that was a relatively small voltage.
I don't think people get it, she literally touched the electrical box in order to push the vehicle off it and so it did her instantly. The other lady (the driver) probably sustained burns trying to help her out, and needless to say, she couldn't.
The body has been blurred out so you can't tell how bad it is.
@@georgespalding7640just before the blur, I think you can see some charred skin.
@@georgespalding7640 From 1:10 you can clearly see her hanging down from the passenger window. Her head is upside down and partially inside the box, face towards the camera, skin completely gray/silver from burns.
@@GabrielVilanova-n3p It is extremely rare for electricity via either shock _or_ burns to kill you instantly. People should be so lucky.
2:45 Gimme a freakin' break, lady, we all know you can walk and are just doing that crap for sympathy. They should just leave her there
My prayers are with your families! RIP 🙏
Guess whomever replied to your post was too controversial for us to read🤨 RUclips's censorship has gotten out of control!
@@jesusislife9259Tired of not seeing replies!
🙏😥❤
@@juneyshu6197 Me too!
That fire being put out at the start of the video - pretty sure that’s the passenger.
I work with live utilities and one thing we go over a lot is what to do in the event of striking a live utility line/transformer? If in a vehicle stay inside! Until the main power is completely off. If on foot do not walk away! Instead sweep your feet on the ground that means keep your feet on ground at all times! Some of those ulility boxes/transformers hold anywhere from 350kh to 750kh.They will kill u in an instant! Please be aware and be safe.❤
Damn i sat on those on the play ground in grade school all the time.
The most tragic thing is the wreck wasn't very bad. For someone to lose their life this way is awful.
2:30 in the morning and she drove over a curb and sidewalk? Was she drunk? Worst place for anything like this to happen. Condolences for the passenger's family!
She looked hammered
@@PACbelltech1 agree, she could barely even stand and it was just a minor crash so it’s not like she would have been gravely injured or something. I’m guessing some kind of substance was involved.
“A 22-year-old female attempted to push a vehicle off of an electrical box after a collision was electrocuted”,
police said.
@@Group_Anonymousthe driver may have attempted to push the car. Def not the passenger.
@@PACbelltech1 The passenger a 22-year-old woman exited the vehicle and reportedly attempted to push the vehicle off of the electrical box and was electrocuted.
♥💯Thank you to the Fire Dept and 1st responders... and Freddie☺
The one who got out was Extremely Lucky. Electrical current at that level will do more than paralyze you.
I remember years ago seeing online some failed copper thief that was noting but a skeleton underneath a pile of ashes trying to steal copper from one of those tower freeway lamps you see along city freeways!
the smell of that would have been horrific
So very sad in deed, what the poor girl must have gone through,,no one deserves to die like that. I feel for the driver too, as she will live with the guilt forever, and will suffer really bad, with the visions she saw that night. The first responders deserve medals for what they do..I can't imaging what gruesome things they discover. RIP to the young lady , my condolences to all who knew her. To the driver, I hope you receive as much help as possible, so that you can continue your life. xxx
Dayom...what was the 22 yr old thinking?? RIP sweetheart. 😢
Oh my goodness. What a way to go 😮
Another reason out of a ton of reasons why electric cars are not the way to go.
You might want to age-restrict this, you didn't do a great job of blurring the body as upper torso and head are clearly visible.
I didn’t even notice until I looked super hard. Now I can’t unsee it :/
What a tragic sending prayers to the family sorry for your loss
Remember when they just loaded you in the back of a Cadillac ambulance and brought you to the hospital where they would treat you, now they bring all this gear and it takes hours before you get to the hospital.
The fainting was scary to watch, I hope she recovers from such a horrible ordeal. What a tragedy. I’m so sorry for this family’s loss.
Recovers? She CAUSED it. The passenger didn't drive the car up a sidewalk and onto a giant transformer.
key word in the title FATAL
@@milkpilledthe person fainting is not the fatality at the scene
@@missj.lawrence9987 FATAL means she died later and counted for as a FATALITY. Otherwise they would have wrote NEAR FATAL
In journalism you dont headline "fatal" when there isn't a "fatality"
@@The-CatExcept she didn't. Read the description, maybe? The woman who was conscious on scene was the driver. She recovered. The passenger was electrocuted when attempting to leave the vehicle and pronounced deceased on scene.
God Bless everyone involved in this & all of their loved ones!
What a horrible way to die...
My condolences for her family and friends 😢
What would be a good way to die?
@@KAT-dg6elin your sleep or while sedated or unconscious
Finally, Americans using the word 'electrocution' in correct context.
Heartbreaking, so sorry to family and friends.
✝️🙏
That poor girl who saw her friend die, I hope she got the help she needs to work through that.
Damn how long it takes to shut that box off?
Somebody should be charged with battery..
😂😂😂
God bless all of our LEO,s, Fire Fighters, and all other First Responders 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
People making fun of something like this they really are full of crap
We demons out here 😈
Why because it happened to your mommy
Talking about a hot tamle
@@ralfievaldes343ur azzz
@@vikdck all the way maryvale west side
Absolutely horrifying 😢 peace be with these people especially the driver.
1:11 -- that face is haunting
5:20 oooff
Thanks to the rubber tires - a vehicle is one of the safest places you can be if there are any high voltage power lines on the ground or there’s a nearby lightning strike. A friend of mine pulled into his driveway after work one day. A bolt of lightning stuck the tree next to the driveway which was right along the side of his car as he was pulling in.
The bolt of lightning traveled down the tree then arced over to his vehicle. He said he could see the electricity go across the windshield like a spider web.
Thankfully someone inside the house saw what happened and called 911. He stayed in the car until the fire department arrived and they were able to get him out of the vehicle safely.
Crazy postscript - the re was a continuous strip of bark missing from the tree from top to bottom where the lighting traveled down the tree. Even years later it’s a memory of that day.
Thank god my friend was ok. His car saved his life.
Good detailed report notes. Terrible tragedy. 🙏🏾
What a raw video, so that was her on fire from very high voltage electrocution! Horrible way to go.
RIP ✝️🕊️
Fatally electrocuted? Electrocution literally means death by electric shock. There’s no need to put the word “fatally” before that. If mean you wouldn’t say “fatally drowned” either, would you?
There's zero excuse for what happened and an occupant was killed as a result. The car drifted off of a straight road. This is clearly a case of distracted driving.
The next inexcusable thing was (according to the description) the passenger trying to push the car off the electrical box instead of one of them calling the police or fire department. 4000 to 7000 VOLTS!
Ban electricity!!!
To think, it was due to a 1970s TV drama show ("Emergency!") that is responsible for first responders like these guys. Yes, we had fire departments prior to that, but not qualified medical personnel like we do now. Hospital doctors were against the idea of having "lightly trained medics" in the field, but soon realized the importance of having them once that show debuted. The training for these medics has gotten SO much better over the years, and they have saved many lives.
Sadly, they couldn't save this young lady. If only she'd have gotten out of the driver's side of the vehicle, she'd still be alive.
A lot of medics are also hospital EMTs (ED techs), RNs, and NPs. One of the medics on my shift is way overqualified to be a medic, given his day job as an NP. Medics today do hundreds of hours of clinical rotations and are more than qualified to work in an ED at the level of an RN (remember folks, RNs are the ones who do the bulk of the work in an ED).
If it is trauma or simple medical emergencies, any EMT (B/A/I/P) can be your savior. Complex medical emergencies are where the A/I/P EMTs come to save the day. The I/P (medics) are your saviors for cardiac issues (assuming you aren't the 9/10 AMI patients that don't regain consciousness).
Also, mobile integrated healthcare (MIH) and it's ancillary component, community paramedicine (CP), are increasingly proving their worth in bringing treatment to the patient. It is kind of like the modern take on a doctor's house call.
@@ShimrraJamaane Well put. Especially about the RNs. I have quite a personal history with the medical field, despite never having actually worked IN it. My grandmother was a Nurses Assistant at a nursing home when I was a child. I spent a lot of time there early in life. I personally witnessed the good, the bad, and the downright ugly of such places. The TV show I mentioned was something I was a huge fan of, and almost applied to the local fire academy because of it. I got talked out of it because of the risk involved (my grandmother (who raised me) was VERY controlling). However, when I got to college, for my "Health Credit", I and over half of the class took the EMT (as it was called then) Training class, which was pretty detailed about rendering first aid and preparing patients for transport. When it came out that there was a misprint in the College Class Catalog, we were given the Health Credit anyway. But that training served me very well in the years since, because I was able to save several lives because of knowing what to do, what NOT to do, because I just happened to be somewhere when something bad happened. It's something that, looking back over my life, I was prepped for since childhood. It's good to know that the bad things in my life, at least had positive influences on the lives of others. A couple of which would have ended had I not had the knowledge I have.
I have nothing but the utmost respect for first responders. I've seen some of the things that they have, so I can relate to them.
@@IggyStardust1967 it's a great skillset to have. I got into it because of a fatal accident I witnessed several years ago and wanted to be able to help more. I did well in the moment, herding the cats (people milling about around the accident) into doing things that needed to be done (e.g. call 911, check the other vehicle, talk to the passengers and see if they are reporting any injuries, etc). However, I didn't have the first clue about what to do with the guy who's brainmatter was on the pavement.
I can say it was rough doing EMS in the 1980s because people didn't know and would regularly threaten us with violence because we were doing what we were trained to do - assess and treat before moving them, if that was in their best interests.
I wish I hadn't decided that being paid minimum wage to be far from home with no support group and regularly threatened was too much and switched to electronics and IT.
@@ShimrraJamaane If his brainmatter was on the pavement, there was likely nothing you could do to help him.
I was at an incident where someone was actively trying to run over people because he lost a fight (I didn't see the actual fight, but I heard later that he ran off after getting beaten up.... but from what I heard, he had instigated that fight). He even targeted me (missed me by about a foot, because I had good reflexes)... and I had done nothing to him. However, the two people he nearly killed... I was able to help. A girl that had been pinned between his car and an embankment, and the dude he actually DID run over.
The girl had internal injuries that I couldn't really do much about. The guy was bleeding from the head. I organized people to help. I had someone call 911, someone else get me some towels, and found a driver for a pickup truck. I instructed someone to keep the girl still, so that her injuries were not worsened by movement, and directly helped the guy who was bleeding from the head. I knew he had other injuries, but I'm not qualified for internal stuff except to keep them still. I did take care of his head wound. Because ambulances were so slow to get there (despite being only 1/2 mile away), I loaded both of the seriously wounded into the bed of a pickup truck and told the driver to lay on his horn all the way to the nearest hospital, while appointing someone to ride "shotgun", to keep flashing the vehicle's lights. I also had someone ride in the back to keep pressure on the towel covering the head wound. I told the driver to NOT stop for anything, and to run red lights if he had to (but to do so safely).
They hauled ass to the hospital, and a couple of months later, the guy with the head wound came into the store that I worked at, literally to thank me for saving his life. He told me what the ER doctors had told him: "If that guy hadn't done what he did, you'd be dead right now."
I said, "I don't need to be thanked for that. I appreciate it, but I don't need it. I did what I was trained to do. You've been given a second chance at life, and I hope you make the best of it."
I stayed at the scene to help identify the guy who committed that heinous act. I spent the night at the police station because of it. And I'm okay with that. FWIW, he WAS caught, and convicted. But not of "murder" charges, because neither of those kids died. I still consider it a win, for that very reason. They didn't die.
Driver looks drunk
I hope she has a speedy recovery.
Only driver because the passenger is not alive and the driver should be charged.
@@practicelogos53teamer This is a case of feloneous electricous.
@@practicelogos53teamer You're hardly the person who determines if charges should be laid.
@@santiagobenites ok and?
@@practicelogos53teamer She should be charged for what? Do you have insider information on the car accident and death investigation?
Somoe of the things people post on YT makes zero sense 99.999999% are not involved any part of the incident or investigation
were the fire fighters even checking her vitals shortly after when she started to faint?
“Electrocuted” already means fatally shocked. Someone not killed by an electrical shock is just “shocked”.
Yes, that's the formal use of the word, but there's a wide informal use where electrocute is improperly used as a synonym to shock, and it's so widely spread of an error that we have to specify. I lived in northern York County in PA and electrocute was a word that was thrown around casually when it came to power outlets while shock was reserved for static electricity. It's wrong, but it's a common wrong.
It's like drowning. Drowning means you died, whereas a near drowning is survivable.
I mean if you look up the definition of electrocuted it says injured OR killed by electric shock....
@@coover65 That's the old-time definition. The modern definition of drowning is "the process of experiencing respiratory impairment from submersion/immersion in liquid." You have to specify if it's a fatal drowning and non-fatal drowning when talking about one. The old definition dates back to the 14th century, well before when we figured out how to resuscitate people.
The Institute of Human Anatomy's "Drowning: what happens moment by moment" video is where I learned this from. The speaker himself is a non-fatal drowning survivor.
driver appeared under the influence
It sure looks like the driver is intoxicated, otherwise they would have picked her up and placed her on the stretcher. If she is intoxicated, that's manslaughter!
Stop blurring it out man
The body was on fire😢
Around 13 years ago a guy near my house was electrocuted. He wrecked and was ok. Got out of the car and was killed. Crazy thing was I wrecked my motorcycle around the same time. Was at fire dept. hanging out with a guy that had station duty. He went to the call and I figured he’d be a while so I left on my bike and wrecked. He said the line was just touching the ground, him or the car never touched the wire. Some guys left that scene to come help me for my wreck.
What a terrible accident. I hope alcohol was not a factor.
Cell phone undoubtedly was one.
So, if the driver is found to be under the influence, I wonder if she will be charged with homicide?
Was thinking the same. I would think so but who knows. I'll do some research
My deepest condolences to her family
May she rest in peace
Death of passenger was not caused by crash. She was perfectly fine. It was her own doing that got herself killed. It is common knowledge if in contact with live wires,stay put till help arrives.
I bet that driver is drunk. Did you see how she was acting when they came to put her on the cart?
I wonder if they do a breathalyzer on her? And if she's drunk. Will she be charged with her death!
Idk but she was also *SHOCKED as well- you can see the burn marks on her pants
@@lachimo41
*Shocked
@@fjg8340 Happy?
@@lachimo41 you're a tad smarter now ; )
I grew up in and around San Diego county and I never knew what those green metal boxes were.. apparently they're pad mounted transformers for SD g&E. I wouldn't have known to not get out of the car if I hit one, if it wasn't obviously sparking. If I knocked down an electrical pole and wires are obviously down yeah, totally stay in the car. This might be a good time for SDg&E to educate the public more. Rest in peace. 🥹
I know that I'm going to get a lot of backlash for this, but I'll do it anyway: My daugthers keep asking me why it is so important to have natural sciences and especially physics in school. That is what it is for.
FWIW: My condolences.
She really gotta stop smoking.
What? Is that steak?
1:58 is the moment the driver realizes her decision to drink and drive has killed here friend and she’s going you jail for a very long time.
The passenger wasn’t hurt in the accident. She got out just fine.
@@DrDeuteron yes, very aware. But she knocked down the electric box that her friend stepped on and fried. Still cause and effect.
Firefighters initially believed there may have been two victims in front of the vehicle, but the coroner soon determined that one was in fact just a radiator hose.
WTH? What kind of a "person" writes something so appalling. Do you wonder why you have no friends?
How horrible! The lady that was driving. Will never be the same!! 😢
She looks intoxicated. I bet she still drives drunk or high. Sad
I think she was electrocuted as well. That's why her pants have burns on them and her arm has an issue like she couldn't use it!
@@smfarrie2943you know nothing
@@lisacaptain8216she was so desperate that she tried to push the car away with her hands and got shocked.
My question is, why was the vehicle on the sidewalk to begin with?
That's horrible. Rest in Heaven to the very young lady who passed in such a painful, tragic way. I hope the other young lady makes a full recovery. What a terrible thing.
You only go to Heaven if you believe in Jesus
@@cj8172 How about if you believe in and worship God? Your logic would mean Jewish people would not go to heaven.
Maybe there's no Christian heaven...maybe Muslim heaven. Or reincarnation. Or nothing. All possible choices and just as good as any afterlife claim.
@@cj8172 Correction, you only go to Heaven if you believe in Jesus and Heaven actually exists.
Wrong@@jesse86jesse
Wow this is insanity. Such a small crash and 3 foot on either side shed lived. When it's ur time the good lord will take u
Sad ending. A relatively slow speed crash with minor damage, very survivable, but a foolish and most likely alcohol induced decision turned fatal. I'm curious as to why someone was attempting to push the vehicle backwards ? Maybe they were contemplating getting the car freed and fleeing the scene.
It looks like the electrical box is right up against her door so she may have just been trying to get out.
@@batacumba A 22-year-old female attempted to push a vehicle off of an electrical box after a collision was electrocuted, police said.
I am guessing they are trying to flee the scene and trying not to get caught by the police, l am guessing also wasn't their first time driving under the influence.
@@practicelogos53teamerdo you know anything about this or are you just assuming? People keep mentioning drunk driving but it wasn’t mentioned in the video description. Why are you assuming they were trying to flee the law instead of trying to get out of what they thought was a dangerous situation. People who always assume that someone is doing the worst annoy me so much.
@@bluealice1386 Why you getting mad, did you read my comment carefully one of the words I used was " I am guessing" and theirs not a lot of information about what really happened. What it sounds like they were intoxicated or distracted how the world you drive 2:30 am and wreck into an electrical box and try to move it? Most annoying when people like you getting mad for no reason.
Such an unlikely and unusual tragedy. Wouldn't in a hundred years think to myself "let me be careful there might be a high voltage death trap on the other side of this door
Perhaps some safety bollards placed around the box could have prevented this tragedy; especially on heavily traveled roads.
Well don't drive on the sidewalk and you won't hit the box ?
Drunk people will still not read if it's dangerous or not.
Electrocuted = dead
Shocked = alive
it says the passenger 22-year-old female was pronounced deceased at the scene. The driver was transported by ambulance to a local hospital for treatment of minor electrical burns.
@@do5e Just saying the word 'fatally' in the title is unneeded, it is baked into the other word.
@@pokor5791 oh, thought you meant something else.
Totally understand and agree with the Battalion Chief with respect to remaining in a vehicle should it make contact with electrical lines, especially if they remain charged.
Unfortunately, this victim was in a horrific catch-22 where she could remain in the vehicle until the fire department and utilities show up for the rescue, OR she can burn in the active fire.
Prayers for her friends and family. R.I.P. 😢
There was no fire initially… she was the object on fire at the beginning of the video…
Sympathies to the family and friends...
They were definitely grounded in the reality of the moment.
They put poles up to keep you from driving into the front of a store, but not in front of power boxes...... that will electrocute you to death. Seems like a cheap way to make safer than nothing blocking it. Great video.
Had an accident years ago with my car into a light pole, and same thing i had gotten out of the car, and later on the cop asked me to go into the car to get my paper work, and me not knowing did it, then she was told the dangers and realized she messed up sending me back in, i didnt know this of course and somehow the cop didn't either, could've ended my life at 17 4 years ago that fast and simple and dumb
That’s why you stay in the car
They said the car caught fire. She should have tried to get out the driver's side but if alcohol was involved then the judgment would have been impaired either way
@@artorchoke A 22-year-old female attempted to push a vehicle off of an electrical box after a collision was electrocuted, police said.
Wow a Kia Forte. These cars are known to have faulty wiring and something called overlapping crash rating.
I’m “shocked” that they don’t have bollards around these types of boxes….
My arm was hit by 480 volts. It felt like it was going to split open. It seemed five times bigger. Frecked me the fuck out. And i work on 110 hot lines.
What was behind the censored little blob?
What a tragic mistake. She probably had no clue whatsoever what they hit.
heart attack, caused by the jab / booster?
Hardly, probably alcohol, cell phone or stunned on the crash and not thinking straight. Someone always has to bring in ridiculous comments about the vaccine or politics into these posts
@@naomisgram1 And you are no better. Quit with the guesses and leave it until after the investigation.
Smoking too much weed
From a journalistic standpoint- it’s important to delineate the syntax. “Fatally Electrocuted” is not correct. Electrocution is death by electric current. “Woman Electrocuted” is the headline. 👍