Family of 5 die of electrocution in their Pangasinan house
DAGUPAN CITY — A family of five died on Monday night (Aug. 15) after they were electrocuted inside their house in a village in Malasiqui town in Pangasinan province.
The bodies of couple Ariel Colarco and Rochelle Mendoza and their children, Gieann, Henry and Michael were found sprawled on the floor of their house in Barangay Bacundao East at about 8:05 p.m., said Supt. Roland Sacyat, Malasiqui police chief.
Sacyat said Rochelle may have been trying to install a clothesline inside the house at that time because she was holding a galvanized iron wire when she was found.
Investigators said a portion of the metal wire may have snagged a badly plugged appliance on the wall.
Sacyat said two of Rochelle’s children, who were beside her, may have attempted to pull her to save her but died in the process.
The bodies of Ariel and another child were found in another spot of the house holding the other end of the wire. CDG/rga
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