from the daily news- In Richmond Hill, Queens, a 23-year-old taking cellphone photos of a power line that caught fire suffered a horrific death after she stepped on a live wire on the sidewalk and fell to the ground, screaming.
"She was right on top of the live cables and they were just frying her," said neighbor Renny Bhagretta, 44, who watched from his window on 134th St. Monday night. "She couldn't move. She didn't have a chance."
Police, firefighters and Con Edison workers couldnt get near the victim for almost hours because cables strewn all over the roa were still sparking.
"Her body was burning" said neighbor Asha Bhagaretti, 43. "It was just horrifying."