CLEVELAND — One person has died after authorities say he became tangled in live power lines at a substation in Cleveland overnight.
Cleveland police tell 3News that the man was found dead on arrival in the 1400 block of East 185th Street.
“Preliminary information indicates that the male had climbed up the side of the substation with a bolt cutter and encountered a live power source,” police said.
His name and age were released early Thursday morning as 49-year-old Kristian Shane Wolf, according to the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office.
3News is awaiting more information and we will update this story once more details are released.
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