Fundraising campaign for Quebec woman who lost limbs after being electrocuted
MONTREAL — A young Quebec woman has had to have her arms and legs amputated after she spent four hours in freezing temperatures following an electric jolt that raced through her body.
Samantha Mongeon says her younger sister Sabryna, 18, was driving a car early on Christmas morning when she lost control of the vehicle and collided with a hydroelectric pole in western Quebec.
“The pole did not fall down but wires came down and fell on her vehicle,” Mongeon told The Canadian Press on Wednesday.
“She was afraid it would catch fire so she left the vehicle (and) it was at that moment that she received an electrical charge of 14,500 volts.”