Date:26/07/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/26/stories/2008072656760600.htm

Andhra Pradesh

3 persons electrocuted

VIZIANAGARAM: Three persons were electrocuted in two separate incidents on Thursday night. At Borapeta, near Savaravilli village in Bhogapuram mandal, one Pora Narayanamma (46) was electrocuted when she came in contact with a live wire near her house.

Her son Raja Rao (18) in an attempt to save her too became a victim.

In another incident at Vangara village in Dattirajeru mandal, Kolli Krishna (23) suffered an electric shock and died when he tried to save his buffalo from electrocution. - Correspondent