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Article: Boy is burned hurling vacuum cleaner on track
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- Evening News - Scotland
- Article date:
- March 26, 2002
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A CITY schoolboy has suffered burns to his face and hands after
throwing a vacuum cleaner onto overhead power wires on a railway
line.
The 14-year-old threw the disused vacuum cleaner from a bridge in
Joppa, causing an electric current to arc up and strike him in the
face.
The vacuum cleaner was left dangling on the overhead lines below
the bridge at Joppa Gardens last night , forcing one train coming
into the city to brake sharply as it collided with the cleaner.
British Transport Police today issued a warning over tampering
with railway lines after the alarming incident.
Detective Chief Inspector Jim McKelvie said: "I would appeal to
parents to warn their children of the dangers of ...