Virginia man electrocuted while repairing microwave
KING WILLIAM, VIRGINIA - A King William man was accidentally electrocuted while attempting to repair a microwave oven.
King William sheriff's Capt. James Nester says 28-year-old Charles N. Martin was removing the oven's back cover when the accident occurred Monday at a farm near Hanover Court House.
Nester said that the oven had electrical power but apparently wasn't generating heat.
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