Austin Stewart 14 and an unnamed 11-year-old friend were playing in the North Richland Hills neighborhood of Dallas Texas when they saw a basketball in a culvert. The younger boy went after the ball fell and grabbed a downed power line. Stewart ran over to help and also wound up touching the line. Both children received life-threatening shocks and are currently hospitalized. Oncor has repaired the downed line and is investigating the incident although no details have been released yet. According to Stewarts family the area where the accident happened is not fenced in.
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While its appreciated that Oncor has fixed the problem its obviously unfortunate that it had to take a dangerous accident to occur in order for the problem to be addressed. While the news item states that Oncor is making an investigation often the only remedy for such an accident is to have an independent investigation done into the accident in order to ensure that all liable parties are held accountable for their negligence resulting in this accident. By holding a liable party accountable the families that have boys in the hospital could stand to receive compensation that could greatly assist them with medical bills and other incurred damages.
– Dallas personal injury attorney Michael Grossman
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austin is my best friend he tout me how to skate hes realy good but hes ok now were best buds