Man clinically dead for 14 minutes after 11,000-volt electrocution in abandoned building
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Neil Shaw
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Summary
A 33-year-old man named Darren Harris was clinically dead for 14 minutes and spent 29 days in a coma after being electrocuted with 11,000 volts while scavenging for scrap metal in an abandoned building in Wolverhampton. He suffered third-degree burns across half his body after touching a live switchboard he believed was disconnected ahead of demolition.
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· 3 pulledDarren was left in a coma for 29 days and suffered serious burns across half his body
Darren Harris suffered horrific third-degree burns to half his body when he touched live cables carrying 11,000 volts
Believing the power had been switched off ahead of demolition, he placed his arm on a live switchboard
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