BNT reported an incident in Pleven. A 9-year-old boy was electrocuted by an electric wheelchair ramp after he grabbed the railing.
Two police officers and passersby provided assistance and saved the boy's life.
Anna Popova was in the area of the shopping center in Pleven when she noticed the child lying next to a wheelchair ramp.
"I saw that the child was lying lifeless and not moving", she said.
Two police officers were at the scene of the incident.
"I grabbed the child by the waist to lift him, at that moment a woman pushed me and said - this is my daughter, she tried to pull herself off the rails twice, at first I didn't realize that there was electricity, maybe because I was wearing crutches, they are an insulator.", said Vasil Grigorov, a police officer from the First Police Station - Pleven:
"I managed to get her off the ramp, she was also shaken by the current.", shared Venelin Lazarov, a police officer from the First Police Station - Pleven:
A boxing coach came to help, who played an important role in the child's condition.
"Thanks to the fact that he helped to pull out her tongue, take a breath and return her vital signs.", continued Anna Popova.
"When she regained consciousness, we managed to calm her down and she wanted to go home and hug Gigi, we realized that this was her cat.", continued Lazarov.
The shopping center said that the ramp had not been used for years.
"We determined that there was current on the rail, they came The police measured the power and found 30 watts of electricity and now we are waiting for the police to send an authorized specialist to find out where this leak came from.", said Stancho Stanchev, representative of the owners of the shopping center in Pleven:
"It hasn't been turned on for 15 years, we can't explain how the electricity got here", he added..
- BNT: And these cables?
- Last night we cut them with the police, we are waiting for specialists to come."
A pre-trial investigation has been initiated. And Anna and the two police officers received honorary diplomas. The two police officers are well known in the city. On March 28, an electric scooter traveling at 70 km/h flew towards a child, but police officer Venelin Lazarov stood in its way and was hit.