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        "id": 2055780,
        "msgid": "jembrana-man-dies-by-electrocution-after-bathing-in-irrigation-channel-1793008242",
        "date": "2026-10-26 16:23:15",
        "title": "Jembrana Man Dies by Electrocution After Bathing in Irrigation Channel",
        "author": "",
        "source": "DETIK_BALI",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "A 65-year-old man in Jembrana, Bali, died after receiving an electric shock when he grasped a streetlight pole after bathing in an irrigation channel. PLN officers traced the current to a damaged cable at the top of the pole; police said there were no signs of violence, and the family accepted the death as an accident.",
        "content": "<p>I Made Sumarwa was electrocuted beside an irrigation channel in Baler\nBale Agung neighbourhood, Tegalcangkring village, Mendoyo sub-district,\nJembrana, Bali. The 65-year-old man was shocked after holding a\nstreetlight pole when he had finished bathing.<\/p>\n<p>Mendoyo Police Chief Kompol I Wayan Sartika said Sumarwa had been\nbathing in the channel with his neighbour, I Nyoman Sintra, from 7pm\nlocal time on Sunday (25 October). Sumarwa then climbed the concrete\nsteps beside the channel. As he was about to put on his trousers, he\nheld the streetlight pole with his right hand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe victim shouted \u2018ow\u2019 and then collapsed face down. The witness,\nwho tried to help, also felt an electric shock as he approached, so he\njumped back into the irrigation channel and ran to ask residents for\nhelp,\u201d Sartika said when contacted by detikBali on Monday (26 October\n2026).<\/p>\n<p>Soon afterwards, another resident, I Kadek Sastrawan, arrived at the\nscene. He found Sumarwa lying on his back, with his left foot still\ntouching the streetlight pole. Afraid to touch the victim, Sastrawan\nreported the incident to Mendoyo Police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOfficers from the Negara branch of state electricity company PLN\ntested the pole with a voltage detector and found the source was a\nfrayed cable at its upper end,\u201d Sartika said.<\/p>\n<p>An examination by a doctor from Mendoyo I Community Health Centre,\ntogether with the identification and medical teams from Jembrana Police,\nfound an abrasion below the victim\u2019s left knee. Sartika said there were\nno signs of violence or injuries caused by a blunt object.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe victim has been taken to the family home. The family accepts\nthis incident as an accident,\u201d Sartika said.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/jembrana-man-dies-by-electrocution-after-bathing-in-irrigation-channel-1793008242",
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