A teenager was described as being the "life and soul of the party" before he died on a football field.
Luke Bennett, 17, was struck by 11,000 volts when a metal pole he was holding above his head touched, or made close contact to, an overhead power line as he played with his mates at Euxton Villa FC in Chorley, Lancashire. At around 6pm three of the boys - Luke, Lewis Geszke and Ben Wilcock - began "messing about" with a metal pole used to separate the subs bench from the pitch, Lancs Live reports.
As they tried to straighten the pole a huge current surged through the metal and threw all three teenagers to the ground. Luke, an AFC Fylde youth footballer, initially stood up after the shock but his horrified friends watched on as he then collapsed to the ground.
