Overview
- The 15-year-old was shocked near a light pole at Avenida Nossa Senhora de Copacabana and Santa Clara during a severe storm that flooded the area.
- A 33-year-old bystander, Felipe Dias de Castro Souza, was also shocked when he tried to pull the teen to safety and was briefly immobilized.
- Physical-education instructor Edgar, a nearby gym owner, performed about ten minutes of CPR, and the teen had regained consciousness before firefighters arrived.
- Both victims sustained moderate injuries, were taken to the Copacabana UPA emergency unit, and are reported to be recovering satisfactorily.
- SmartLuz technicians inspected the pole and splice box and found no visible faults, and the incident—captured on security cameras and bystanders' phones—has prompted renewed safety warnings about electrical hazards in floodwaters.