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November 17, 2006
Truck driver survives after grabbing 13,200-volt power line
Staff Report
OSTEEN -- A garbage truck driver who grabbed an electrical wire that zapped him with 13,200 volts lived to talk about it.
Zachary McLeod, 22, of Daytona Beach drove the recycling truck into a power pole at 7:20 a.m. today on Collins Road west of S.R. 415, shearing the pole in two, officials said. When McLeod was placing safety cones to warn other drivers, he accidentally grabbed a dangling wire, severely shocking him.
Paramedics revived McLeod, using a defibrillator, said Trooper Kim Miller, Florida Highway Patrol spokeswoman.
"That probably saved him,'' Miller said.
McLeod, who works for Florida Recycling, was flown to Orlando Regional Medical Center, where he reportedly is awake and talking, Miller said.
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A shocking acident.
Truck driver survives after grabbing 13,200-volt power line
Staff Report
OSTEEN -- A garbage truck driver who grabbed an electrical wire that zapped him with 13,200 volts lived to talk about it.
Zachary McLeod, 22, of Daytona Beach drove the recycling truck into a power pole at 7:20 a.m. today on Collins Road west of S.R. 415, shearing the pole in two, officials said. When McLeod was placing safety cones to warn other drivers, he accidentally grabbed a dangling wire, severely shocking him.
Paramedics revived McLeod, using a defibrillator, said Trooper Kim Miller, Florida Highway Patrol spokeswoman.
"That probably saved him,'' Miller said.
McLeod, who works for Florida Recycling, was flown to Orlando Regional Medical Center, where he reportedly is awake and talking, Miller said.
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A shocking acident.
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