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Daily Mail: California man killed after touching power lines while trying to take a photo to post on Facebook
A California man is dead after authorities say he accidentally came in contact with power lines while trying to take photos of the sunset to post on Facebook.
Family members of 27-year-old David Strohm Jr. spent hours searching for him Saturday night after he’d posted a photos on Facebook of the sunset about 6 p.m. When he failed to return home, his friends and family frantically called his cell phone and went door-to-door looking for him.
Early Sunday, the family continued the search, which is when they found his cell phone on the grass underneath a tree he frequently climbed. About 8:40 p.m. they saw his body perched in the tree and resting against the power lines.
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