An 18-year-old man is in critical condition after receiving a massive electric shock while trying to steal copper wire from on top of an electrical transformer, police said.
The same transformer killed a man in 2006 who was trying to steal wire, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said.
Bryant Cody and his sister, Samantha Fowler, both from Mullberry, were trying to steal copper wire on the property of Mims Corp. south of Mulberry about 1 p.m. Wednesday when Cody climbed on a large transformer, the sheriff's office said.
Fowler told deputies she saw Cody, on fire, fall from the transformer. The flames went out when he hit t he ground, the sheriff's office said.
The woman revived Cody and brought him to a sheriff's office substation on South Church Avenue for help, the sheriff's office said.
Cody was flown to Tampa General.
On April 13, 2006, Tom Ward Williams, 63, of Mulberry was electrocuted by the same transformer while trying to steal copper wire, the sheriff's office said.
Deputies are still investigating Wednesday's incident and no charges have been filed.
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