A MUM and her six-year-old son had been electrocuted to demise after she tried to drag him away from a defective cable on a washer.
Diana Michelle Machado Santos da Silva, 30, and Pietro Vinicius Santos de Oliveira died of their house in Timon, a Brazilian municipality within the State of Maranhão, on Saturday, April 20.
Diana observed that her son was being electrocuted by the wiring and tried to save lots of him however was electrocuted as nicely, in accordance with the police.
The trainer and her younger son had been pronounced useless on the scene.
Firefighters had been known as to their house in Timon’s Formosa neighbourhood however Diana and Pietro’s our bodies had already been eliminated by emergency companies.
They had been despatched to the native morgue in a bid to ascertain the precise causes and circumstances of their deaths.
The native police mentioned: “The extension wire got here into contact with an iron railing in the home, which was electrified by a naked wire.
“The kid touched the railing and was shocked.”
The investigation is ongoing.
In December, one other younger boy additionally tragically died from electrocution whereas placing up Christmas lights.
The lifeless physique of Augusto Dalmaz Bonato, 10, was discovered beside the decorations at his household house in Campo Largo, Brazil.
His mother and father known as the emergency companies whereas his devastated sister, Carolina Dalmaz, tried to revive him.
Paramedics rapidly arrived on the home and gave the boy first assist earlier than taking him to a hospital.
He died within the ICU shortly after.
It got here after a pregnant teenager was electrocuted to demise when she tried to cost her cellphone after taking a shower.
Jennifer Karolayne, 17, and her unborn baby each died within the tragic incident at her house in Paraiba, Brazil.
Emergency companies rushed to the scene within the metropolis of Campina Grande after the sufferer’s husband raid the alarm.
However when paramedics arrived at their house within the early hours of August 17, Jennifer was already useless.
Her husband, who was not named, mentioned he heard an “unusually loud noise” and a scream earlier than discovering her unresponsive on the bottom.