The Region - News from April 8, 1986
A 20-year-old man who accepted his friends’ dare to climb a San Diego Gas & Electric Co. transmission tower was electrocuted when he brushed against a wire carrying 138,000 volts of electricity, officials said. James Douglas Cole of San Diego, a student at Mesa Community College, reached the top of the tower and was on his way down when he touched the charged wire. His body landed on a crossbar and was removed by utility crews. Friends said Cole was an experienced mountain climber.
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