BRANCH, Ark. (AP) -- A man who was shocked by 7,200 volts of electricity while trying to rig an unmetered power line to his house is hospitalized, and charges are pending for theft and for the methamphetamine lab deputies found in his house.
Franklin County sheriff's deputies said Tuesday that Roy Donald Achterberg suffered internal injuries from the shock and a 30-foot fall from a ladder. Sheriff's officials say Achterberg broke his pelvis, neck and some ribs after he plunged from the aluminum ladder.
Deputies said the electricity entered Achterberg through a hand and left through one of his feet. Deputies got a warrant to search Achterberg's home and found an apparent meth lab.
The sheriff's office said Achterberg was in guarded condition at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock.
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Information from: Southwest Times Record, http://www.swtimes.com/
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