Man shocked by live power wire

An 18-year-old man is seriously ill in Middlemore Hospital after receiving a shock from a live power wire in Northland.

Police are investigating the incident last Friday at Tinopai.

It's thought he cut the wire.

In a terrible piece of irony, he was flown to hospital by the Northland Electricity Rescue Helicopter.

Photo: NZ Herald

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