Overview
- The victims were identified as Júlia Lyandy Chagas, João Victor Vargas Ormond Gomes, and their 4-year-old son, Brian Vargas, who all died at the scene, according to police.
- Júlia fell onto a broken yet energized high-voltage cable while practicing on a motorcycle, and her partner and child were fatally shocked as they tried to reach her.
- The incident occurred Friday on Estrada Comandante Celso in the Silvado neighborhood of Maricá, in the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan region.
- Firefighters could not intervene until the electricity distributor cut power to the line; forensic teams then worked the scene and the 82nd Police Station assumed the investigation.
- Enel Rio said it dispatched technical teams after being notified, is examining the cause, and is assisting relatives, while residents say they had reported the fallen cable days earlier.