Irish Times
UK · 7 hrs ago
Family considers legal action after Irish teenager electrocuted in shower in Greece
The death of an Irish teenager, electrocuted while taking a shower in a holiday home in Greece, has led to calls for tighter checks on appliances at tourist accommodation.Alex McKee (17) is said to have died instantly when picking up the showerhead in a bathroom described as “outdoor and rudimentary” on Kimolos.“We are lucky there weren’t two deaths as a result of electrocution,” Agapitos Xanthis, a doctor on the island told Greek TV, recounting how the boy’s mother had described feeling a similar surge when she called him for help. “I told her to immediately turn off the mains.”McKee, who was due to enter his Leaving Certificate year at Terence MacSwiney Community College in Knocknaheeny, Cork, had been on the island barely three days when the tragedy occurred on August 9th. As the birthp
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