By The Associated Press
Posted Aug 16, 2017 at 8:41 AM
AKRON, OHIO — Investigators say an Ohio teenager was electrocuted and fell about 30 feet (9.14 meters) to the ground after climbing a transmission tower supporting high-voltage power lines.
The power lines carry about 23,000 volts of electricity, the Akron Beacon Journal reported.
A coroner identified the boy Tuesday as 17-year-old Antonio Jarrod Victor Simon, of Streetsboro. Police said he died Monday at a park in Akron.
A spokesman for FirstEnergy Corp. said the teen’s death was tragic and reminds people to stay away from dangerous equipment.
Another moronic idiot bites the dust. Darwin's theory at play here. If all the idiots of the world did the same the thing, this would have been a wonderful world. Wishful thinking, but we are allowed to dream!
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ACRON, OHIO
A 17-year-old Streetsboro boy was electrocuted around 2 p.m. Monday when he climbed an Ohio Edison transmission tower at 1060 Front St. at Gorge Metro Park in Akron, authorities said.
The Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim late Tuesday afternoon as Antonio Jarrod Victor Simon.
Simon fell about 30 feet to the ground and was pronounced dead at the scene.
The power lines there carry about 23,000 volts of electricity.
FirstEnergy Corp. spokesman Mark Durbin said it’s a tragic situation.
“We tell people all the time to stay away from our equipment,” he said Tuesday.
The transmission tower isn’t the only illegal and dangerous climbing attraction at Gorge Metro Park.
Since mid-July, Summit Metro Parks rangers have been handing out $150 citations to people who go off-trail to climb the High Level Bridge, which stands more than 200 feet over the Cuyahoga River. In the first three weeks, 13 fines were issued.
Park officials were unavailable Tuesday to answer questions about the Monday incident, parks spokesman Nate Eppink said.
Akron police are investigating, he said.