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20-year-old young man was electrocuted
while trying to steal underground high-voltage cables in the southwest area of Rosario.
Reportedly,
he ended up with 90% of his body burned and his health status is critical.
The event
occurred this Sunday afternoon
, around 7 p.m., on 6100 Presidente Perón Street, between Garzón and Magallanes, in an open ditch belonging to the Provincial Energy Company (EPE).
The underground high-voltage cables that supply that entire area pass through there.
Workers from that company had opened a trench on the sidewalk to repair part of the neighborhood service.
The young man, identified by the police as Ezequiel Francisco A., went into the well with the intention of stealing cables, but
received an electric shock that caused serious burns.
After a neighborhood call, agents from Police Station 32 of Regional Unit II of Rosario arrived at the scene, as well as an outpatient medical service unit.
The video filmed by a neighbor, which went viral, shows the young man minutes after his electrocution.
He staggers out, in a clear state of shock and with his body almost completely blackened.
The well carried out by the electricity concessionaire company in the southern area of Rosario.
Photo: EPE
"Stay there, stay there!" Some neighbors yell at him so that the young man waits for the medical service, as heard in the filming.
After said electric shock and the arrival of the medical service, he had to be referred for care to the Clemente Álvarez Emergency Hospital (Heca).
"The young man entered with 90% of his body burned
," said Laura Taljame, deputy director of the hospital center.
In a conversation with Cadena 3, the doctor explained that due to his condition "he was admitted to the intensive care room," and expressed concern about his state of health, which he described as "very critical."
Rosario: the young criminal gets out of the well as best he can, after receiving a high-voltage electric shock.
Photo: Video capture
"We will see how he evolves, but we must keep in mind that his condition is extremely serious due to the severe burns he had. He is connected to an artificial respirator, but we must be aware that he is serious," Taljame explained.
His brother, a 34-year-old man and an accomplice in the robbery, was unharmed and was detained by the Police at Police Station 19.
"EPE personnel are working in Presidente Perón at 6000 after vandalization of underground cables. As a result, there are two injured people who were taken to a hospital," published the Provincial Energy Company, through its social network account. X (ex Twitter).
#Rosario EPE personnel are working in Presidente Perón at 6000 after vandalization of underground cables.
As a result of the incident, two people were injured and taken to a hospital.
pic.twitter.com/vmgguz3Gox
— EPE News (@epeoficial) February 11, 2024
A close precedent in the southern area of Rosario
On January 11, a man was electrocuted when he was apparently stealing cables from power lines.
Also in the southern area of Rosario.
Police sources confirmed that cable theft is a crime that is increasing in Rosario.
And according to statistics from the Santa Fe Ministry of Justice and Security published this week, in January alone, 95 detainees were registered - 87 were men and 8 women - for this crime.
With information from Télam