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Chilean man high on drugs dies after attempting acrobatics on top of power electricity pylon

By Matt Roper
PUBLISHED: 16:22, 9 January 2013

With reader comments

A man was electrocuted after scaling an electricity pylon and performing acrobatics in a drug-induced stunt. The man, named only as Miguel, swung onto one of high-voltage cables causing a massive explosion before plummeting to the ground in Santiago, Chile. The moment was caught in a dramatic amateur video filmed by one of the onlookers. Horrified locals called police to the Lo Prado area of the Chilean capital yesterday afternoon after seeing the man 'playing around' on the pylon near his home, according to reports. Neighbours said that it wasn't the first time the man had performed dangerous acrobatics on pylons in the area after becoming high on drugs. But this time his legs touched one of the cables, killing him instantly and causing an explosion which set fire to two nearby houses. The flames were quickly put out but more than 500 homes were left without electricity.

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[Venrak]

Uhm..

 

[Captain.Heroin]

Sounds like a shitty way to die.

 

[Dysphoric]

Any proof that he even did drugs? Are they just making assumptions?

 

[AlphaMethylPhenyl]

bath salts returns!

 

[ro4eva]

'That's all folks.'

 

[DOB]

number of idiots on earth = -1

 

[ro4eva]

So what would the official cause of death be?

 

[Diloadid]

The blast near the end of the video actually freaked me out a bit.