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Stand fan electrocutes two-year-old
Police are questioning the parents of a two-year-old girl who was electrocuted around 20:30 hrs after coming into contact with a fan at La Bonne-Intention, East Coast Demerara.
Relatives identified the child as Amanda Bannister.
Kaieteur News was told that little Amanda was running in the house with other children when she accidentally clutched the fan’s cord and was electrocuted.
David Bannister, the child’s father, said he was in the top flat when he heard screams in the bottom flat.
The child was rushed to the Woodlands Hospital where she was pronounced dead.
Police arrived at the hospital at around 23:00 hrs to question relatives.
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