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Girl, 14, is electrocuted by 30,000 volt

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  • Elizabeth Jacobsen, 14, of Monroe, was electrocuted around 8pm on Monday when she came in contact with an electrical line that fell during the storm
  • Her family called 911 and when officials arrived on the scene, they found the girl in contact with the energized wire and she succumbed to her injuries
  • Her stepsister Lizzy Chalupka said Elizabeth thought the down powerline was a stick 
  • She and her friend were out in the backyard walking when they smelt a 'bonfire' when she reached down to grab the powerline, her sister said 
  • The storm rolled through much of the Midwest with heavy rainfall and 80mph winds in some areas, leaving 375,000 without power
    A 14-year-old girl was electrocuted by a powerline that fell during a powerful Michigan storm that left more than 375,000 without power. 

    Elizabeth Jacobsen, 14, of Monroe, was electrocuted around 8pm on Monday when she came in contact with an electrical line that fell during the storm outside her home, police said.

    Her grandfather Thomas Ray Pepper said 30,000 shocked Elizabeth's body.  

    'Elizabeth and her friend were outside walking and thought they smelt a bonfire; she reached down to grab what she thought was a stick but was part of the down line,' her step-sister Lizzy Chalupka, 17, wrote on GoFundMe. 'Due to the water and the down active line, she was electrocuted to death.' 

    Lizzy said she would remember her sister as the 'sweetest, most kind-hearted soul I ever met' and said she 'loved everyone and had the world's biggest heart.' 

    Elizabeth's mother Tammie Johnson wrote a tribute post on Facebook, stating: 'Fly high, daughter dear. I'm going to miss you so much. I love you...and we will see each other again one day. I love you and miss you already, praying this is a dream even though I know it is real.' 








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  • Elizabeth Jacobsen, 14, of Monroe, was electrocuted around 8pm on Monday when she came in contact with an electrical line that fell during the storm
  • Her family called 911 and when officials arrived on the scene, they found the girl in contact with the energized wire and she succumbed to her injuries
  • Her stepsister Lizzy Chalupka said Elizabeth thought the down powerline was a stick 
  • She and her friend were out in the backyard walking when they smelt a 'bonfire' when she reached down to grab the powerline, her sister said 
  • The storm rolled through much of the Midwest with heavy rainfall and 80mph winds in some areas, leaving 375,000 without power
    A 14-year-old girl was electrocuted by a powerline that fell during a powerful Michigan storm that left more than 375,000 without power. 

    Elizabeth Jacobsen, 14, of Monroe, was electrocuted around 8pm on Monday when she came in contact with an electrical line that fell during the storm outside her home, police said.

    Her grandfather Thomas Ray Pepper said 30,000 shocked Elizabeth's body.  

    'Elizabeth and her friend were outside walking and thought they smelt a bonfire; she reached down to grab what she thought was a stick but was part of the down line,' her step-sister Lizzy Chalupka, 17, wrote on GoFundMe. 'Due to the water and the down active line, she was electrocuted to death.' 

    Lizzy said she would remember her sister as the 'sweetest, most kind-hearted soul I ever met' and said she 'loved everyone and had the world's biggest heart.' 

    Elizabeth's mother Tammie Johnson wrote a tribute post on Facebook, stating: 'Fly high, daughter dear. I'm going to miss you so much. I love you...and we will see each other again one day. I love you and miss you already, praying this is a dream even though I know it is real.' 

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