Elderly man in Chongqing suspected to have died from electric shock while saving child in community pool

On March 1st, in a residential area in the Chongqing High-tech Industrial Development Zone, an elderly man tragically lost his life while trying to rescue a child from a pool suspected to be electrified due to a leakage in the fountain pool.

The scene captured on video showed a shallow pool where two individuals were lying inside. A woman managed to rescue the child first, followed by another man pulling the elderly man out of the pool. The video also captured the loud cries of relatives nearby.

According to a report by the Xiaoxiang Morning Post, a commenter who claimed to have inside information mentioned that the pool was electrified, leading to the elderly man’s accidental drowning as he attempted to rescue the child.

Furthermore, two netizens commenting on the video revealed that the elderly man was a former factory director at the Chenjiaqiao Water Plant and was 72 years old at the time of the incident. He has since passed away, while the child is currently undergoing treatment in the ICU.

Reported by The Paper, sources confirmed that an elderly man did pass away tragically while trying to rescue a child, and the exact cause of death is still under investigation.