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[Russell Turpin]

"A FISHING boat deckhand playing a computer game was
electrocuted when a huge wave smashed through the window
of the trawler's wheelhouse off the southern Queensland
coast, according to police.

"Richard Wells, 19, of Innisfail, in north Queensland,
was playing a Sony Playstation and sitting at a metal
table when the wave smashed through the cabin glass of
the trawler Arrow Sea near Fraser Island yesterday. A
police spokesman today said a post mortem examination
had determined the man had died of asphyxiation caused
by electrocution. 'It was the combination of water and
electricity and metal,' he said.

"'A huge wave came over the bow of the vessel and smashed
through the cabin windows.' The spokesman said three other
crew members also suffered shocks and minor burns as they
attempted to help Mr Wells, who was trapped in the wrecked
cabin.

"The crew set off a satellite distress beacon after the
accident and a rescue helicopter went to the scene. But
the crew was able to get the trawler to Bundaberg under
its own power, where it docked early today. Police have
impounded the trawler until their investigations are
complete."


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