Borrowing a pump to clean the house, a man in Vinh city was electrocuted to death.

At around 9am on September 29, Mr. NHA (born in 1999), residing in Kim Chi hamlet, Nghi An commune, Vinh city, borrowed a pump from his neighbor to pump water to clean the kitchen area due to flooding.

It was not until around 3:00 p.m. that Mr. A. was not seen. The neighbor went to the house and found the door locked and could not call. Sensing something was wrong, this person went to the back of the kitchen and looked through the door and saw Mr. A. lying motionless, whilepumpstill running. After breaking the door and cutting the circuit breaker to the house, it was determined that Mr. A. was dead.

Next to the scene, the pump was submerged in the kitchen floor filled with water.

Currently, the family is taking care of the funeral procedures.

The scene where Mr. A. was electrocuted to death. Photo: CTV

It is known that at the time of the accident, Mr. A. was home alone, his wife was at work. Mr. A. and his wife had been married for only 1 year and currently had no children. The family was previously a poor household that had just become near-poor.