Investigators said Danilo Salvador of 636 7th Street, 6th Avenue, Grace Park, Caloocan City was instantly killed Tuesday night after high voltage electricity from a high-tension wire coursed through his body.
Case investigator PO3 Joseph dela Cruz said Salvador, along with two friends, climbed a wall to retrieve loose copper wires above a Meralco transformer on 8th Street, between 6th and 7th Avenues.
The boys planned to sell them to a junk shop, Dela Cruz said. However, Salvador accidentally touched the live wire, resulting in his instant death.
A Filipino-Chinese volunteer firefighter from the Chamber Fire Prevention Association recovered Salvador’s limp body from the top of the transformer at around 7 p.m. – Nikko Dizon