Tag: Pole

College student studying to be an electrical line worker dies after training pole fails

A 19-year-old college student learning to be an electrical line worker died this week in Oroville, California, after a training pole failed, causing him and the pole to fall to the ground. On Monday, the Oroville Police Department got a call from Northwest Lineman College that a student had been injured. First responders attempted to […]

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March 27, 2024

Silver medalist Shawn Barber of Canada looks on during the medal ceremony for the men's pole vault during the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games at Carrara Stadium on the Gold Coast, Australia, on April 12, 2018.

World Champion Pole Vaulter Dies at Age 29

A former world champion pole vaulter died Thursday at age 29. Shawn Barber, a three-time NCAA champion with the University of Akron in Ohio, died “from medical complications,” the school’s Department of Athletics said in a news release Thursday. The athlete’s specific cause of death was not released, but the university said he “had fallen ill […]

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March 27, 2024

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