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School exec electrocuted

Ben Serrano - The Philippine Star
May 22, 2017 | 4:00pm

BUTUAN CITY, Philippines – A school principal died of electrocution at the Ormaca Elementary School during Brigada Eskwela in San Francisco, Agusan del Sur on Saturday.

Josie de la Cruz, 61, a resident of Purok 3, Barangay Omaca, was helping in cleaning the school grounds when she accidentally touched a live wire.  She was pronounced dead on arrival in a hospital.
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