17-Year-Old Farmer Is Electrocuted, Burning Over 60% of His Body and Losing an Arm: 'It Lit Me Up'

Mar. 15, 2025

A teenager is recovering in a Dallas hospital after being nearly fatally electrocuted while farming which resulted in severe burns and the loss of an arm.

On Oct. 2, Braycin Parrish, 17, of Hamilton, Texas, was harvesting peanuts when the buggy on his tractor struck an electrical line,CBS affiliate KWTXreported. Parrish was shocked and his body was on fire.

“Braycin died in that peanut field after taking 69kv into his body with 2 transmission line operations going through him. His boss saved his life with cpr!” Braycin’s uncle, Michael Batson, shared in an Oct. 11Facebookpost, theBradenton Heraldreported.

Blain Parrish, Braycin’s dad, recalled the harrowing moment to KWTX. “He was dead. For how many minutes? Only God knows,” he told the outlet.Bryan Parrish, Bracyin’s great-grandfather, wrote in an Oct. 8Facebook postthat the 17 year old was airlifted to Parkland Hospital in Dallas after he was revived through CPR.

“When he was in route to the hospital, the family got word to prepare for the possible amputation of Braycin’s left arm,” Bryan recounted. “The first miracle that God performed was to save Braycin‘s life. Upon arriving at Parkland, Braycin was immediately taken into surgery to try to restore circulation to his arm. Circulation was restored, but the arm and shoulder were so badly damaged that it could not be saved.”

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“He’s lost an arm, toes and lots of skin and we aren’t even sure it’s over yet,” Batson wrote at the time. “The amount of pain this young man has been  thru it’s absolutely unreal. But guess what he’s alive.”

During an interview with KWTX from his hospital bed on Monday, Nov. 25, Braycin said farming has been a way of life for him from a very early age.

“I don’t know it any other way,” Braycin told the outlet. “I don’t get up every day and want to go play football. I don’t foresee that being fun at all. I see working and making money and being ahead to be better, in my opinion.”

Braycin recalled that fateful October day when he was on his tractor and dumping its contents into a semi-trailer when he came into contact with an electrical line.

“I went to dump it over and the buggy caught on fire and caught the tires on fire,” Braycin told KWTX, “so I got out and was going to unhook the buggy from the tractor and it was under electricity and I touched it and so it lit me up.”

When he was taken to the hospital, Braycin had burns over 60% of his body and his arm was severely damaged, KWTX further reported, adding that he woke up several days later and learned the extent of his injuries. Eventually, his arm was amputated.

“It sure hurt my heart…It really messed me up on what I wanted to do,”  Braycin reflected.

“God is real folks if u don’t believe just call me or braycin we can make ya a believer,” the caption over the video reads.

Doctors said that Braycin is healing quickly, KTWX reported, and Braycin, who is expected to be released from the hospital on Friday, Nov. 29, said he is hoping to return to his tractor.

“God was there watching over me,” he told the station. “If not, I think I would have been worse without God.”

Batson described Braycin as a hero. “If you can show me a scientific reasons he’s still here with us I’d like to see it,” he wrote in his Facebook post. “The only reasons he’s with us is the LORD ABOVE!!”

“Braycin is and will be the strongest man I’ve ever know,” Batson added.

source: people.com