An eight-year-old child died in Yakutsk from an electric shock: residents have repeatedly asked to remove the hanging wire
In Yakutsk, an eight-year-old boy was playing in the yard when he decided to ride his scooter around a puddle. But at some point, he grabbed a live wire hanging into the puddle.
"The puddle was big. Turhan tried to go around it. I think he fell. As he fell, he stretched out his arms and accidentally grabbed a wire lying in the water. My nephew died on the spot," said Olga, The aunt of the deceased boy, Nyurguyana Stepanovna Sakhaday.
Eyewitnesses reported that the wire was damaged after a severe thunderstorm a week ago. People called to report the problem, but services failed to respond. One eyewitness shared the incident on Pikabu. wrote, that after the tragedy, utility workers arrived: it didn’t take much time to disconnect the power to the accident site and cut the wire.
On the channel "Honest Yakutia" drew They noted that the building on Shirokih-Polyanskikh Street, near which the tragedy occurred, was in disrepair and was subject to resettlement. They wondered where the 124 billion rubles allocated for the program to resettle dilapidated housing had gone.
Mayor Evgeny Grigoriev expressed He offered his condolences to the boy's family and promised assistance with funeral arrangements. A criminal case has been opened, and measures will be taken to "eliminate the risk of emergency situations and potential threats to people." Power companies will be required to replace dilapidated transmission towers, clear vegetation under the wires, and raise sagging lines.
Residents write in the comments that there is dangerous mismanagement throughout the city.
"I imagine they'll start blaming each other: the electricians will blame the city council because of the trees, the city council will blame the management company, and so on and so forth," "The city is a complete mess! Until thunder strikes, until someone dies, until they're killed! How long will this go on?"