No, he had to go left to go home and i had to turn right, he cut through a school yard where the line was. His normaL route home. It was getting dark and we were coming home late from basketball practice there was another kid with me going tje same way. I heard the pop, looked back. Saw him fall and catch on fire. I ran that way and somehow saw the wire and understood what it meant. So I stopped and we ran for help. Couldn't believe it and the whole time I was frantic to get help because I thought someone else might go down there amd die. Later in life while stationed in Germany I had a similar experience with a guy who climbed train wire tower and got armed with 50k volts.

He actually lived though because it blew him away from the wire. But he was a mess.