BALANGA CITY– A young man was electrocuted after he accidentally stepped on a built-in electric socket while watching the coronation night of a beauty pageant Tuesday night at a big commercial building in Balanga City.
Eduardo Chavez, Sr., an auto electrician, said that his son, Eduardo Chavez, Jr., 22, stepped on a live wire at the second floor of the mall. “Mabuti na lang walang nadamay, sinarili na lang ng anak ko,” he said.
“Sana matulungan niyo kami, kagagraduate lang ng anak ko, mataas ang pangarap niya,” the father said sobbing.
He said his son just graduated from a course in automotive.
Police said the victim together with two friends were at the second floor of the building watching at about 9:10 in the evening the beauty pageant at the first floor.
“The friends noticed the victim shaking with his left foot stepping on a built-in socket located at a portion of the second floor,” police said.
Chavez was rushed to the nearby St. Joseph Hospital but an attending physician declared him dead on arrival “due to cardiac arrest secondary to electrocution.”
