FRUIT HEIGHTS — A 16-year-old boy died after getting electrocuted and falling about 60 feet from a power pole.

Just after 9:15 p.m. Monday, Davis County’s dispatch center received a report of a boy who had fallen from a Rocky Mountain Power pole near 1800 East and 696 South in Fruit Heights. Sheriff’s deputies arrived and located a teenager with severe burns and traumatic injuries from falling, according to Stephanie Dinsmore, spokeswoman for the Davis County Sheriff’s Office.

The boy was taken to a hospital but died from his injuries. Dinsmore said he is from Davis County, but his identity will not be released.

A group of teenagers who were with the 16-year-old when he fell called 911 while waiting with the boy, Dinsmore said. When deputies arrived, they explained what had happened.

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