Well, this was in the news, so it has to be true doesn't it? There was a news item in the Stars and Stripes in Germany in 1961 0r maybe '62 about a traffic accident in Esslingen that knocked down a power pole. "Broken power lines give off elecries which can be very dangerous if touched". So, if you ever see an elecry don't touch it, you never know what it might do.
