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‘I thought I was stuffed’: Teens anglers tell of electric shock as fallen power line hits water
Teenagers Harry Brawn and Daniel Bowman can be found fishing “all day, every day,” but last Thursday the boys were lucky to make it home in one piece.
Key points:
- Daniel Bowman and Harry Brawn came into contact with a live power line while fishing
- One lost muscle function, both were hospitalised
- The Electrical Safety Office is investigating
Harry, 14, and Daniel, 15, were fishing in a waterway near El Arish — cane country north of Tully — when they stumbled across what they thought was a vine.
They described feeling tingling in their legs, then Daniel lost muscle function.
‘I just couldn’t move’
A power line had fallen into the water and brushed against the boy’s leg.
“We thought it was a vine at first and then we look up and it’s…
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