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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Andrea Blanco

Fourteen-year-old girl killed after mistaking downed power line for a stick in backyard of Michigan home

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A Michigan teenager was fatally electrocuted when she mistook a downed power line for a stick in her backyard.

Elizabeth Jacobson, 14, was killed at her home in Monroe at around 7.40pm on Monday after a thunderstorm swept through the area, according to Monroe News.

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