15-year-old girl electrocuted in Rudrapur

Dehradun | Tuesday | 13th November, 2018

Summary:

She reportedly collapsed as soon as she touched the clothing line, which happened to be in contact with a live wire. Rudrapur: A 15-year-old girl was electrocuted on Monday after she came in contact with a live wire that was passing few feet above the roof of her house in Azad Nagar colony of Transit Camp in the city.The incident happened at around 2.30pm when Saroj Kumari had gone to the roof of her house to hang wet clothes. The police was informed and Awas Vikas police outpost in-charge, Hoshiyar Singh, reached the hospital and sent the body for postmortem. Her father, Ramesh Kumar, with the help of neighbours rushed her to J L Nehru district hospital where she was declared dead. "These cables pose great threat to the local residents,” he said..