Over the weekend, the 5th & 6tth fatality, since the current copper price surge started, occured in the Mountain State.

A 22 year old man tried to steal some copper from a substation in the Southern part of the state. He became entangled in the live wires. His accomplice went & got the victims father who tried to free his son. Unfortunately, the father touched an energized conductor and also perished.

The incident left 600 AEP customers without power.

Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.