Teen Electrocuted While Trying YouTube Experiment

A 15-year-old Ohio boy died Tuesday night, apparently while attempting to recreate something he saw on YouTube, WKYC reports. Police say Morgan Wojciechowski was trying to make a "Jacob's Ladder," in which a high-voltage spark of electricity travels between two wires parallel to one another and climbs up them, creating a "ladder." (Here's one such video showing how to make one, but many can be found on YouTube.) Morgan was electrocuted in his attempt, which took place in his garage, the Sandusky Register reports. Firefighters and paramedics treated him at the scene after getting a call about the incident, but he was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. (More electrocution stories.)