16-Year-Old Accidentally Electrocuted In South Jersey

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. (CBS)—Police in South Jersey say a 16-year-old has died after he was electrocuted over the weekend.

It happened on Saturday morning in the Farmington section of Egg Harbor Township.

According to police, the boy was accidentally electrocuted when an aluminum extension ladder he was holding made contact with power lines.

The boy was rushed to an area hospital where he later died.