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St. Thomas High School student electrocuted
05:07 PM CDT on Monday, October 15, 2007
KHOU.com staff report
A tragic accident left a 16-year-old dead in Brazoria County over the weekend.
It started when several teens went swimming at 39 Lazy Lane, Los Playas in Brazoria.
Officials say that Ward William Cox grabbed a metal pole that had fishing lights.
Cox was electrocuted.
His friends pulled him away from the pole then started CPR
Cox was rushed to Brazosport Memorial Hospital in Lake Jackson, but doctors couldn't save him.
Cox was a student at St. Thomas High School. He had recently transferred there from Memorial High School
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