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Electrocution Death in Schuylkill County

Electrocution Death in Schuylkill County - Saturday, February 2, 2008 at 10:09AM EST

Reported by: Eric Deabill
Saturday, Feb 2, 2008 @10:09am EST
NEW CASTLE TOWNSHIP, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY - A 20-year-old man is dead after being electrocuted just before midnight Saturday in Schuylkill County.

Neighbors say it happened at an electric substation in Heckscherville. Investigators say the victim, James Campion is from Cass Township. An autopsy is now planned on the victim.

Police say Campion was trespassing on Reading Anthracite property, when he came in contact with high voltage power lines. Investigators have not said what the victim was doing at the substation when the accident happened in Schuylkill County.