Connecticut Dog Electrocuted By Live Wire, Two Women Injured

Two women who were walking their dogs near Connecticut’s Shady Beach on Sunday were electrocuted and one of their dogs was killed when the animal stepped into a pool of electrified water.

Deputy Fire Chief Gino Gatto said police and fire officials responded to a report of an electrocuted dog and two injured females.

Firefighters spoke with the dog’s owner who said that she and her sister were walking near the bathhouses in a flooded area by Shady Beach when they felt the “tingling” of an electric shock.

The women, who appeared to be in their early-20s, were walking a few feet behind their unleashed dog and their mother was walking a leashed dog further behind.

The two young women were jolted when the unleashed animal stepped onto a telephone wire which was hidden under a puddle of standing water.

“That dog might have saved those girl’s lives by taking the brunt of the shock for them,” Gatto said. “They were probably just a couple of steps from being killed.”

The two women were treated at the scene by emergency medical personnel and released. The dog was wrapped in a towel and handed to the owners, who requested its remains.

Story by Elaine Furst for Dog Files

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