A man in Yim Tin Tsai, Sai Kung was suspected of being electrocuted while taking a shower.
Police received a report from a 71-year-old man at regarding 3:30 a.m. today, saying that his 63-year-old cousin fainted in the bathroom at the upper address. Police rushed to the scene and helicoptered the unconscious man to Eastern District Hospital for treatment, where he was later certified dead. Preliminary investigations by the police believe that the man was suspected of being electrocuted while bathing at the above site. The incident is not suspicious and the cause of death will be determined following an autopsy.
There have been many accidents involving water heater leakage in the past in Hong Kong. One of the more conspicuous accidents occurred in September 2007. A 22-year-old youth was electrocuted to death in a sub-unit of Un Chau Street, Sham Shui Po in September 2007. The mother of the deceased For civil claims, the lawsuit reached a settlement following 10 years of entanglement, and the owner compensated the plaintiff 2.5 million yuan.
Originally published on AM730 https://www.am730.com.hk/local/Sai Kung 60-year-old Han shower suspected of being electrocuted in a coma-helicopter sent to hospital for rescue/342940?utm_source=yahoorss&utm_medium=referral
