Friday, October 30, 2009

5 killed, 1 seriously injured by electric shock in Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- Five people were killed and one was seriously injured by an electric shock caused by short circuit on Friday morning in Phnom Penh, police from Phnom Penh authority said.

The incident occurred on Friday morning, at about 6:30 o'clock local time, in a family who's old father, 67-years-old, was first found died at the door, and other four people were killed and one was seriously injured when they wanted to support the old man, according to a policeman who asked not to be named.

Police said the incident was caused by short circuit because the family's house was in a low-lying place and had water standing due to raining for several days. Four were died instantly, and another one was seriously injured. They all killed by short circuit because their house was built mostly by used iron sheets.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

It reflected a fact there is a need to educate the people about the electricity and its danger. Thus, how to prevent the electricity shock and how to help the people who are suffering from the shock.

Anonymous said...

it is a wake up for people not to use iron without insulator to protect electrical surge from killing and electricuted them, really! cambodia needs electrician to educate people at school to understand electricity more, really! it's a wake up call, really! if people don't get education, this kind of event can happen again in the future, really! education is the key to help the society understand more.