Girl, 14, electrocuted in Southeast Michigan after mistakenly touching downed power line

SOUTHEAST MI — A 14-year-old woman was electrocuted after police imagine she mistakenly grabbed a downed energy line following Monday’s storm.

Monroe Public Security officers responded about 7:40 p.m. Monday, Aug. 29 to a residence within the 1400 block of Peters Avenue for the emergency.

Rescuers wanted to attend for DTE Vitality crews to reach to disconnect the electrical energy as a result of the unresponsive woman was nonetheless in touch with the road. She was declared useless on the scene.

Investigators decided the woman lived at a residence the place the ability line got here down.

They mentioned she was strolling with a good friend within the again yard and thought they may odor a bonfire. The woman reached for what she thought was a stick, nevertheless it was the charged electrical line.

Police mentioned the woman’s household was on the location Monday night.

“Monroe Police Chaplains are at the moment on scene, offering assist for the household by this very troublesome scenario,” police mentioned in a written assertion.

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