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A little boy died last week due to the cold in Texas (United States).
His family decided to file a lawsuit against two power companies, reports the
Washington Post
.
She claims 100 million dollars
damages to companies for the damage suffered.
Family of 11-year-old boy who died in an unheated Texas mobile home sues power companies for over $ 100 million https://t.co/12bjL0bPFs
- The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 22, 2021
The 11-year-old lived in a mobile home with his parents and the electricity was cut the night of his death because of the snowstorms that recently hit the US state.
The miner had fallen asleep under a pile of blankets to keep warm, but was found dead early in the morning by his mother.
Hypothermia would be the preferred avenue for the authorities.
47 people died from the cold
The little boy from Honduras moved to Texas in 2019 to join his mother.
Shortly before the tragedy, the young boy would have played a long time in the snow before returning home and his mother taking care of him because his clothes were wet.
The
Washington Post
reports that at least 47 people - including 30 in this state alone - are believed to have died from the temperatures.
Local authorities fear that these cold episodes will continue for the next few weeks.
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