Emergency Bureau of Baoying County, Jiangsu Province: Investigating the cause of the accident, a couple unfortunately died from electric shock on the street
On the evening of August 27th, near Yuanding Road in Baoying County, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, a couple unfortunately died from electric shock. On the 28th, Jimu News learned from the Emergency Management Bureau of Baoying County that multiple local departments are investigating and verifying the cause of the accident.
The live video shows that on a road, someone fell motionless under the street lamp next to the sidewalk, and there was still some water accumulation on the road surface. The video publisher added, "I just witnessed a couple in the community being electrocuted to death, and my heart is heavy."
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According to interviews with Jimu News reporters, this incident occurred on the evening of August 27th near Yuanding Road in Baoying County, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province. A nearby merchant told reporters that the couple was electrocuted under a street light. He heard that after his husband was electrocuted, his wife went to pull him, but both of them were electrocuted and died. Their child was also present at the scene.
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The above-mentioned merchant also introduced that it was raining in Yangzhou at the time of the incident, and there was still water on the road. The street light at the location where the couple was electrocuted should have been installed just this year, but not last year.
On August 28th, a journalist from Jimu News contacted a family member of the victims, who stated that the couple had also been rescued after the incident, but ultimately to no avail. She is out of town and is taking leave to handle the aftermath, but she is not sure about the specific situation yet.
Jimu News reporter learned from the Emergency Management Bureau of Baoying County that there was indeed a couple who died from electric shock. At present, multiple local departments are investigating and verifying the cause of the accident, whether it was caused by the leakage of street lights, and we still need to wait for the final investigation results.