FRUIT HEIGHTS — A 16-year-old boy died after getting electrocuted and falling about 60 feet from a power pole.
Just after 9:15 p.m. Monday, Davis County’s dispatch center received a report of a boy who had fallen from a Rocky Mountain Power pole near 1800 East and 696 South in Fruit Heights. Sheriff’s deputies arrived and located a teenager with severe burns and traumatic injuries from falling, according to Stephanie Dinsmore, spokeswoman for the Davis County Sheriff’s Office.
The boy was taken to a hospital but died from his injuries. Dinsmore said he is from Davis County, but his identity will not be released.
A group of teenagers who were with the 16-year-old when he fell called 911 while waiting with the boy, Dinsmore said. When deputies arrived, they explained what had happened.
“It sounds like it was a group of individuals, a group of teenagers, who came out last night to take in the views, when one of the individuals climbed the tower,” Dinsmore said, adding that the fall appears to be accidental.
She said Tuesday’s death comes 18 years after Scott Nye, who was 15, died while climbing the same power pole on Oct. 12, 2007.
Rocky Mountain Power responded to the scene Monday night to shut off power to the pole while authorities responded. About 4,000 homes were without power for a couple of hours during the investigation.