A graduating BS Forestry student died after he got electrocuted while cleaning his professor’s backyard in Brgy Raois, Vigan City, Ilocos Sur last Saturday.
Police have identified the victim as Benedict Gom-uyen, a 20-year-old graduating student of Ilocos Sur Polytechnic College in the town of Sta. Maria.
It was learned that the power cord was hidden in the branches of the tree Gom-uyen was cutting inside the backyard of his teacher, Elena Ato, 56, at around 3:35 pm.
Aside from getting electrocuted, the student fell headfirst from the tree, which caused severe injury in his head.
The responders tried to take Gom-uyen to the Ilocos Sur Gabriela Silang General Hospital, but the doctors declared him dead.
The authority assesses the responsibility of the teacher in the accident to determine if she has legal liability.
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