2 fishpond workers die after touching live wire in Batangas
LUCENA CITY — Two fishpond workers died after they touched a live wire on Monday in Lemery town in Batangas province.
The Batangas police said in a report Tuesday, Nov. 8, that Renante Batchar and Mark Anthony Bethel, were cleaning a fishpond in Barangay Nonong Casto at around 4 p.m. when they touched a live wire from a submersible water pump.
The two suffered injuries from the jolt of electricity and were taken to Batangas Provincial Hospital in the town center, but they both died on the way.
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The police are conducting further investigation.
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