A 21-year-old Canadian tourist was electrocuted in the resort town of Huanchaco after surfing and received an electric shock in an area where wiring maintenance work was in progress. The incident occurred in the sector of El Boquerón, in the district of Huanchacoprovince of Trujillo, region Freedom.
Officials of the District Municipality of Huanchaco reported to RPP News that the stranger was identified as Camden Verlan Vinent, and according to the surf school association, the young man had been renting a board and wetsuit for over a month to practice the sport while in Huanchaco as a volunteer for an NGO.
Meanwhile, through a press release, the company Hydrandina indicated that he would make himself available in order to collaborate in the elucidation of the accident and specified that the contracting company Consorcio Galcas Norte was carrying out preventive maintenance work on the distribution networks in this area.
They demand rigor in the work of Hidrandina
A group of neighbors Huanchaco demanded rigorous supervision and the contractualisation of the services provided by the Hidrandina company in electrification projects to avoid risks endangering the lives of the population, such as the accident involving the young Canadian Camden Verlan Vinent.
Jonathan López, a neighbor of the spa town of Huanchacodemanded that they investigate and determine responsibility after the death of the tourist.
“Here, the Hidroandina company must intervene to take responsibility for all these problems that exist because of lying and lying cables. First, solve these cables that are not there and then there must be repairs”, a- he declared.
On the other hand, the various boarding unions, such as the association of surf schools and the Trujillo surf league, are taking steps to obtain a response from the Canadian embassy, in support of the NGO where the young man was. volunteer.
“The boy passed, he didn’t step on the cable, he just crossed the area where the electrical outlet was that leads to the floor and there he grabbed it. He had the misfortune to fall on the cable “, he added. said.
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