A national police vehicle (illustration).
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F. Brenon / 20Minutes
On Monday morning, help was called after the discovery of a body in a ditch in Toufflers, near Lille, in the North.
It was a man who was probably electrocuted, we learned from the Departmental Fire and Rescue Service (SDIS).
It was around 10 am, Monday morning, that walkers noticed this inanimate and partially charred body in a ditch, Chemin Mitoyen.
They contacted the firefighters and the Samu, who sent teams to the site.
When they arrived, the emergency services could only note the death of the person, a 33-year-old man.
He dies trying to save his dog
The local police took over.
According to initial findings, the victim was holding an electrical cable from a high voltage pylon and probably fell to the ground due to the strong winds of recent days.
The corpse of a dog lay beside the man.
The investigation will have to determine the exact circumstances of the tragedy.
According to the first elements collected by the police, the man was electrocuted while trying to save his dog who had himself just touched the high voltage cable.
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