An Army ROTC cadet was hospitalized Tuesday night after coming in contact with a downed high-voltage wire while on military training grounds in Salina, according to multiple reports.

Tom Feane, a senior political science and history major, was with two other cadets evaluating a section of the U.S. Marine Reserve Center’s grounds when he was shocked at about 6:20 p.m. with 34,000 volts, according to online reports by The Post-Standard and CNY Central. The names of the two other cadets were not available.

Feane was listed in critical condition at Upstate Medical University Hospital at press time, according to a hospital official.

Responders to the scene included the Mattydale Fire Department, who performed CPR on Feane before he was transported to the hospital by NAVAC Ambulance, according to the reports. The Onondaga County Sheriff’s department could not be reached to comment by The Daily Orange.

Thomas Wolfe, senior vice president and dean of student affairs, said he was not authorized or qualified to speak about the student’s condition, but said the university was aware of the incident.

‘We are aware and university resources are with that person’s family right now as we work with that student,’ he said.

Physical training scheduled for Wednesday at 6:30 a.m. was canceled, said David Harding, an ROTC cadet and senior American history major. Harding said the cadets have a meeting at 7:15 a.m. outside of Hendricks Chapel to discuss matters. Harding said he received the information via an email sent to him by another cadet.

Harding was not certain what matters would be discussed Wednesday morning, but said he believed it would be about the incident.

National Grid crews were called to the scene after the incident to perform a full review, said Virginia Limmiatis, media relations representative at National Grid. At press time, Limmiatis said the review has not been completed yet and National Grid would not have any further information until the review is complete.

medelane@syr.edu

— Asst. News Editor Liz Sawyer and Asst. Copy Editor Breanne Van Nostrand contributed reporting to this article.  

Published on October 18, 2011 at 12:00 pm

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