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Police confirmed that a person was electrocuted on a rural property in Ngatira, South Waikato.
A man is dead and a girl has been taken to hospital in serious condition following an incident with power lines in South Waikato.
A police spokesman said two people received electric shocks after being struck by power lines around 4.55 p.m. M. Sunday at a rural address in Ngatira, in the South Waikato district.
Police confirmed that one man died at the scene after being electrocuted, while the second person was seriously injured.
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Stuff He understands that the second person, who was flown to the hospital, was a girl.
“We have no further information to add at this time,” the police spokesman said when asked if there was a child involved.
The emergency services have been responding to the incident on Sunday night.
A New Zealand Northern Fire and Emergency Communications spokesperson forwarded all inquiries to St John Ambulance.
A St John Ambulance spokeswoman said the service received a call Sunday at 4.51 p.m. of an incident in the Ngatira area.
He dispatched three ambulances, a manager, and a helicopter to the scene.
The San Juan ambulance first arrived at the scene around 5.15 p.m. Sunday.
She evaluated and treated a patient, and that patient was rushed to Waikato Hospital in a serious condition, the spokeswoman said.
He referred inquiries about other patients and the nature of the incident to the police.
Ngatira is a largely rural area in the South Waikato district, near Lichfield and east of Putaruru.
Worksafe had been notified of the incident.
A Worksafe spokeswoman confirmed that she had been notified of the incident and said she was making initial inquiries.
The man’s death had been referred to the coroner, police said.
A spokeswoman for the Waikato District Health Board said Sunday night that the girl was still in serious condition.
He was being evaluated by the hospital’s emergency department.
