Man electrocuted trying to save NY child

[cali]

SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. (AP) -- Officials say a good Samaritan was electrocuted trying to help a young child who had gone into a flooded street outside New York City that had live wires embedded in it.

A spokesman for the Rockland County Emergency Operations Center says the child is in serious condition at a hospital burn unit.

Spokesman Ron Levine says the youngster got caught in wires obscured in a flooded Spring Valley street Sunday afternoon. He says the child had to be taken by land with a police escort to the hospital because helicopters were grounded. It took 20 minutes to get the child there.

Levine says the child's father was treated for burns at another hospital and released. The victims' names were not released. Levine says the child was 4 or 5 years old.

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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_IRENE_NEW_YORK_ELECTROCUTION?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-08-28-15-36-58

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. I hope they're going to be OK...

That is some scary shit.

:scared:

[MrSlayer]

2. Kind of a strange story.

They mention the kid and his father being burned but no mention of the electrocuted person. Unless, of course, they have no idea what being electrocuted means. Any shock that kills you is an electrocution, any shock that doesn't is just a shock.

[Blasphemer]

3. I was wondering about that too

I am assuming the limited information on the good Samaritan is to allow time for his or her family to be contacted before the story is updated with more details.

[Ruby the Liberal]

5. And they refer to the child in the past tense

Sloppy reporting?

[michaz]

4. This gives more info.

http://www.lohud.com/article/20110828/NEWS01/108280358/Man-killed-5

[geomon666]

6. Wait so is the guy dead or not?

They say he's on life support and in the very next paragraph say he was killed.

[JI7]

7. the boy is the one who is on life support , the man trying to save him died

[geomon666]

11. Thanks for clearing that up. n/t

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

9. He's dead and the child is on life support. They showed his body on tv.

[Blasphemer]

10. I believe the article is saying that the man died and the boy is on life support

The article is in need of some editing. In any case, it's quite a sad story.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

8. It seems that there were reports about the wire being down at 2AM and it was never taken care of.

I heard this on my local news.

[Waiting For Everyman]

12. This is so sad.

I hope the boy recovers.