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The 11-year-old boy who suffered injuries last Tuesday after stepping on electricity cables in a meadow at Sunny Point and received electric shocks through the body, is stable and out of danger. The victim has been admitted to the children’s ward of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), the Suriname Police Force has just reported.
An investigation by the Surinamese police shows that the boy TC was on his way home with other boys he had previously played football with. While jumping over a ditch, where there are several electricity cables, the 11-year-old boy ended up on some cables.
Due to the heavy rain, the cables ran into the water, causing the boy to receive electric shocks through his body. TC lost consciousness and sustained injuries. According to the police power lines have been found to have been illegally pulled to drain power.
The victim was taken to the Emergency Department (A&E) of the Academic Hospital Paramaribo in an unconscious state. On the way to the hospital, the family with the victim were escorted to the emergency room by the police from Leiding 9a.
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