NOT THE SHARPEST KNIFE IN THE DRAWER: Circuit Training
On March 11, Kyle Dubois, 18, and two classmates in his Dover High School electrical trades class tried an experiment: Kyle placed an alligator clamp on one of his nipples, a second student placed one on his other nipple and a third student plugged in the cord, sending an approximately three-second jolt through Dubois. It went badly, The New Hampshire Union Leader reports:
Dubois' heart stopped and paramedics had to restart it with a defibrillator. He was in critical condition and had to be taken to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, where doctors drilled a hole into his skull to check on brain swelling.
Now Kyle and his parents, Robert and Sandra Dubois, are suing the school district, the city and shop teacher Thomas Kelley, alleging 11 counts of negligence. The suit claims that Kelley did not warn students that electricity “could administer harmful or fatal shocks” and that the teacher offered Kyle a Mountain Dew if he shocked himself.
Authorities did not file charges in the case and while Kelley denied the soda allegation, he resigned a month after the incident.
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