Tamil Nadu: Boy touches windmill, gets electrocuted

Theni: A 15-year-old boy who was playing near a windmill was electrocuted and died on the way to hospital.

Thavamuthu’s friends playfully threw his footwear which landed on a wire hanging off the windmill. Thavamuthu went to retrieve his footwear when he touched the wire and was thrown off. He was rushed to Theni Medical hospital where doctors declared him dead on arrival.