a 33-year-old mother was getting ready to bathe her 2-year-old daughter in the toilet when she was electrocuted to death following a water heater malfunction, according to The Mirror.
The incident happened on 25 August at about 2.30pm, at a home in Berisso, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The 33-year-old Paraguayan woman, Geronima Sunilda Sanchez Aquino was about to bathe her toddler when her electric water heater malfunctioned and electrocuted her to death, with her 2-year-old daughter narrowly escaping electrocution.
Emergency personnel were unable to save the woman.
The mother had collapsed after being electrocuted and it was only her daughter’s crying that caught the attention of their neighbours, who then called for help.
Investigations revealed that the incident happened because the electric heater was poorly installed, as well as the deceased’s own negligence.
They described the installation of the water heater as “bad and precarious”, and the deceased was found soaking wet and covered in electric wounds.
Her daughter was unharmed.
The incident and cause of death is under investigation and the case has been transferred to the Judicial Department of La Plata.