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FIVE PEOPLE WERE electrocuted today at a water park in northwest Turkey, including two teenagers and a 12-year-old, Turkish media reports said.
The three youngsters were caught up in an electrical current in the pool in the town of Akyazi in Sakarya province, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported.
The park’s 58-year-old manager and his 30-year-old son were killed when they jumped into the pool to try to save the flailing children, according to the private Dogan news agency.
Employees at the water park, 150 kilometres (93 miles) east of Istanbul, later cut power at the resort.
All five were rushed to a hospital in Akyazi but could not be saved. Two other people were hurt after touching metal railings near the pool, the reports said. The children who died were aged 12, 15 and 17.
Police officers were conducting an investigation into what caused the electrocutions, Dogan reported. It added, however, that the park lacked a residual current breaker that shuts down power to prevent electrical shocks.
Television footage showed ambulances waiting outside the water park and several people gathered outside the Akyazi State Hospital.
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The Managervand his son did their best. Respect.
@Tony Daly: I don’t think so Tony. The title of manager should tell you that.
RIP though, sounds horrific.
@Tony Daly: did their best to cause a serious accident. No residual current breaker, accident waiting to happen. Lucky there were only 3 kids in the water at the time.
No rcd , quite unbelievable how this passed health and safety, for approx 30euro these deaths could of been avoided
@Finn Bowe: could have been a faulty lighting circuit. No rcd needed
@Hello there friend: well, this side of Europe is hardly a shining light of building standards given what’s starting to emerge from London!
@Hello there friend: rcd protection still required, all circuits that terminate or pass through , Irish and British regs anyhow. Lights in swimming pools are normally 12volt.
Very sad . RIP
Horrific
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