Two young boys are fighting for their lives after their fishing rods struck high voltage electric cables. One of the teenagers jumped with his rod which touched a high voltage power line in the Russian town Chapayevsk. They are now in hospital after the horrific accident which happened after they returned home from an angling trip.
A loud bang and giant arc flash was caught on video which floored the two boys and their friend. One sustained 85 per cent body burns from the incident. Another was hit by 45 per cent burns.
The third, named as Maksim B, was floored but then miraculously got up and ran uninjured from the scene. I'm a beauty lover and swear by these 6 Urban Decay products The teenagers were seriously burned in the horrific flash ( Image: social media / East2west News) The two seriously injured were named as Khalmat V and Danila T ( Image: social media / East2west News) The two boys in hospital were named as Khalmat V and Danila T. Their condition was described as "extremely serious".
The teenagers, aged 14 and 15, were electrocuted as they returned from a fishing trip on the first day of their school summer holiday. A witness said: "We thought at first they had been hit by a drone." The electric shock made a "fearful crack" and the boys were "screaming on the ground".
The ambulance took a "long time" to come. Khalmat V one of the teenagers who were electrocuted ( Image: social media / East2west News) Danila T was also hit by the terrifying power surge ( Ima.