At least 3 electrocuted in street during south China storms
Deaths raise concerns on social media about the safety of roadside electrical equipment in Guangdong province
At least three people are suspected to have died from electrocution during heavy rains in southern China last week due to faulty or poorly maintained electrical equipment in the streets, Chinese media reported.
A mother and daughter were killed during torrential rain in Foshan in Guandong province last Friday because of faulty electric wiring on an advertising hoarding at a bus stop.
Passers-by saw the two lying in the water and called the police.
All the power at bus stops in the district was later turned off as a precaution.
A seventeen-year-old student was also killed on Friday while crossing the road in Guangzhou.
An initial investigation suggested the teenage boy died from an electric shock as a nearby electric power supply box had flooded.