Boy electrocuted climbing a tree

AN investigation was under way last night after a nine-year-oldboy was electrocuted when he apparently touched live electricitycables while climbing a tree.

Joseph Lewsley, of Taig Road, Kirkintilloch, near Glasgow, wasplaying with two friends in a field near his home in the Watersidearea of the town when the accident happened yesterday afternoon.

The two boys, aged 10 and 12, called the emergency services afterfailing to get any response from Joseph. He was brought down fromthe tree by firefighters and taken to Stobhill Hospital in Glasgowwhere he was found to be dead on arrival.Last night, a close relative said the family was "shattered" bythe tragedy. …

Boy electrocuted climbing a tree

AN investigation was under way last night after a nine-year-oldboy was electrocuted when he apparently touched live electricitycables while climbing a tree.

Joseph Lewsley, of Taig Road, Kirkintilloch, near Glasgow, wasplaying with two friends in a field near his home in the Watersidearea of the town when the accident happened yesterday afternoon.

The two boys, aged 10 and 12, called the emergency services afterfailing to get any response from Joseph. He was brought down fromthe tree by firefighters and taken to Stobhill Hospital in Glasgowwhere he was found to be dead on arrival.Last night, a close relative said the family was "shattered" bythe tragedy. …

Boy electrocuted climbing a tree

AN investigation was under way last night after a nine-year-oldboy was electrocuted when he apparently touched live electricitycables while climbing a tree.

Joseph Lewsley, of Taig Road, Kirkintilloch, near Glasgow, wasplaying with two friends in a field near his home in the Watersidearea of the town when the accident happened yesterday afternoon.

The two boys, aged 10 and 12, called the emergency services afterfailing to get any response from Joseph. He was brought down fromthe tree by firefighters and taken to Stobhill Hospital in Glasgowwhere he was found to be dead on arrival.Last night, a close relative said the family was "shattered" bythe tragedy. …

Boy electrocuted climbing a tree

AN investigation was under way last night after a nine-year-oldboy was electrocuted when he apparently touched live electricitycables while climbing a tree.

Joseph Lewsley, of Taig Road, Kirkintilloch, near Glasgow, wasplaying with two friends in a field near his home in the Watersidearea of the town when the accident happened yesterday afternoon.

The two boys, aged 10 and 12, called the emergency services afterfailing to get any response from Joseph. He was brought down fromthe tree by firefighters and taken to Stobhill Hospital in Glasgowwhere he was found to be dead on arrival.Last night, a close relative said the family was "shattered" bythe tragedy. …