A British holidaymaker and his son have been found dead on a rainforest nature trail in Brazil after they were seemingly electrocuted by a broken power cable.
The bodies of the two Brits were found on June 30 on a coastal trail in Ubatuba, São Paulo state, between a pair of popular beaches.
WHAT HAS HAPPENED?
Investigators said their corpses sported burns consistent with receiving a powerful electric shock, while the father had one end of a broken mains power cable trapped underneath his leg, local media reported.
In a heartbreaking twist, the worried niece of the father is said to have called his phone as investigators were identifying the bodies in a desperate attempt to locate him.
HOW THEY GOT ELECTROCUTED
The father and son were only found when engineers from Elektro power company went to investigate a blackout at Bonete Beach – one of two beaches connected by the coastal trail.
Their car was later discovered in a nearby parking lot.
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Police investigating the case have registered the deaths as accidental.
In a statement, Elektro – the utility company providing power to Ubatuba – expressed condolences over the incident and said they had dispatched their own team of investigators to get to the bottom of the incident.
