AUGUSTA, Georgia -- Parents in Georgia want to know how their 12-year-old son was electrocuted while playing football.
Melquan Robinson was playing football at a baseball field in Augusta. Someone tossed the ball a little too far and he ran to get it. He was electrocuted as he climbed over the fence.
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A live wire was reportedly touching the fence and caused the electrocution.
"This young man was where he needed to be," said Don Clark, a family friend. "He was doing what he loved. He was doing what was tied to his passion, which was playing football."
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His two friends were also shocked as they tried pulling the seventh grader off the fence. They were rushed to a hospital and will be OK.