Two California Teens Die of Electrocution During Canal Dog Rescue

Fire and medical officials attend to one of two teenage boys who were electrocuted while trying to rescue a dog from an irrigation canal at an orchard in Dixon, California, on April 1, 2019. California Highway Patrol/Via AP

Two teenage boys who jumped into a Northern California irrigation canal to rescue a dog were killed when they grabbed onto an electrified bridge, according to reports.

Officials with the Solano County Sheriff’s Department were cited by The Sacramento Bee as saying on April 2 that Jacob Hourmouzus and Jacob Schneider died of electrocution.