Staff have dismantled swings at a playground after children suffered electric shocks while playing on them - and locals have blamed overhead pylons. Shaun Veness was with his three-year-old ...

KIDS as young as three received electric shocks while playing on swings in a playground surrounded by 132,000-volt power lines. At least two children reported being “jolted” by a live c… ...

A playground built a few feet below deadly 132,000-volt overhead power cables has been sealed off after little children screamed that they had been 'jolted' by electric shocks.

Before they were taken away, the swings were directly underneath a power line carrying up to 132,000 volts. The mains in a typical household is around 240 volts.