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A sport utility vehicle had just careened through the intersection of
Magnolia Boulevard and Ben Avenue, shearing off a concrete light
standard and knocking over a fire hydrant before coming to rest on a
front lawn. Water spewed skyward from the broken hydrant and quickly
pooled in the intersection.
Zamora ran toward the wrecked SUV and
stepped into an electrified pool of water. She was immediately –- and
fatally — electrocuted, struck by what firefighters estimate was 48,000
volts of electricity.
A sport utility vehicle had just careened through the intersection of
Magnolia Boulevard and Ben Avenue, shearing off a concrete light
standard and knocking over a fire hydrant before coming to rest on a
front lawn. Water spewed skyward from the broken hydrant and quickly
pooled in the intersection.
Zamora ran toward the wrecked SUV and
stepped into an electrified pool of water. She was immediately –- and
fatally — electrocuted, struck by what firefighters estimate was 48,000
volts of electricity.