RIO DE JANEIRO – Three Brazilian revelers were electrocuted early Tuesday while standing atop a Carnival float that hit a power line, officials said.
In an emailed statement, the Light power company confirmed the deaths that happened during a Carnival celebration in Nova Iguacu, a hardscrabble city of 800,000 people on the northern outskirts of Rio de Janeiro.
Firefighters said at least one other person was taken to a hospital and three others were aided on the scene. None appear to have life-threatening injuries. Police are investigating the incident.
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A similar accident took place early Tuesday in Haiti, where a Carnival float hit an electric line and shocked a man atop the vehicle, setting off a panicked stampede that apparently killed at least 20 people.
During Brazil’s 2011 Carnival, 16 people were killed at a packed street party in Minas Gerais state when a power line fell atop the crowd.
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