Man walking his dog gets electrocuted on street

A Queens man says he feels lucky to be alive after he says he was nearly electrocuted while walking his dog on a sidewalk in Far Rockaway.

According to 52-year-old James Evans, he was walking his pit bull Max along Cornaga Avenue at around 2 p.m. when he felt he was being electrocuted. "I'm walking down the sidewalk and we just went shzhzhzzz," he said.

After a few seconds, Evans said he couldn't move and the dog began to yelp. The 3-year-old pup managed to break free of the electrical current and dragged his owner to safety.



"The dog is screaming and he drags me across the street and it's a good thing I was holding the chain or I would have been staying there dead," he said.

Max, a trained guard dog who is normally aggressive around strangers, was still shaking an hour after the incident. Evans says the dog suffered burns to his paws and the shock actually changed his color.

"His skin is burnt, he's burnt all over," he said. Evans claims his dog used to be black not brown.

With news video.