Boy Dies While Replicating Science Experiment He Saw on YouTube

Fifteen-year-old Morgan Wojciechowski is described as a “whiz kid” by his peers at Vermilion High School. But it may be his intellectual curiosity that ultimately caused his untimely death.

According to news station WKYC, Morgan was attempting to recreate something called “Jacob’s Ladder,” which is basically a high-voltage arc between two metal rods. He’d seen the experiment done successfully on YouTube, but when he tried it, the teen wound up electrocuting himself in his family’s garage.

“This was not a school assignment. This was simply something he saw on the Internet and wanted to experiment with,” Detective Robert Rieger told WKYC.

The boy’s school released this statement in the wake of his sudden death:

“We would like the greater community to know that we are brokenhearted about this tragic loss to our school community. Morgan was a vibrant student and athlete who was well liked at Vermillion High School.”

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