Jhansi (UP), Mar 10 (PTI) A 65-year-old woman and her two sons died of electrocution on Monday afternoon while irrigating their field in Jhansi district, officials said.

The incident occurred when a live electrical wire snapped and fell on the woman, they said.

Also Read | Sudden Death in Firozabad: 6-Year-Old Boy Dies After Collapsing in School Toilet in Uttar Pradesh, Cardiac Arrest Suspected.

Dinesh Puri, Station House Officer (SHO) of Uldan police station, said Har Kunwar (65), wife of Hardayal Kushwaha, was irrigating her field in Bangara village around 2.30 pm when a high-voltage wire broke and fell on her.

Seeing their mother in distress, her sons Kashiram (45) and Narendra (32) rushed to save her but both also got electrocuted in the process.

Also Read | Guna Shocker: Woman Strangulates Son to Death in MP’s Chaudharan Colony After He Nags Her Over Her Clothes and ‘Bindi’, Tries To Pass Murder As Suicide; Arrested.

Upon receiving the information, the naib tehsildar and local police reached the spot and transported the victims to a hospital, where doctors declared them dead.

The bodies have been sent for post-mortem and further investigations are underway, police said.

(This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)