{"id":499075,"date":"2026-01-31T20:29:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T00:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/teenager-dies-after-receiving-electric-shock-while-using-his-cell-phone-in-higuey\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T20:29:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T00:29:03","slug":"teenager-dies-after-receiving-electric-shock-while-using-his-cell-phone-in-higuey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/dominican-news\/teenager-dies-after-receiving-electric-shock-while-using-his-cell-phone-in-higuey\/","title":{"rendered":"Teenager dies after receiving electric shock while using his cell phone in Hig\u00fcey"},"content":{"rendered":"A <strong>teenager<\/strong> lost her life on the morning of this Saturday after receiving an electric shock while allegedly using her cell phone connected to the power outlet, in the municipal district <strong>La Otra Banda, municipality Hig\u00fcey, province La Altagracia.<\/strong>\n\nThe incident occurred at kilometer 5 of the La Otra Banda\u2013Hig\u00fcey highway, near a workshop located opposite the corrals of the <strong>Nisib\u00f3n Cattle Ranchers Association (AGANI).<\/strong> The victim was identified as Yandelis Moni S\u00e1nchez, whose age has not yet been confirmed by the authorities.\n\n\n<p><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/nacionales\/muere-joven-en-accidente-en-monte-plata-se-quejan-de-la-duracion-del-911\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"355769\">Young man dies in accident in Monte Plata<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nAccording to preliminary reports, the minor was using the mobile device while it was connected to electricity, at which moment she received the electric shock that caused her death.\n\nThe event has generated consternation among family, friends, and members of the educational community, who lamented what happened and called for strengthening prevention regarding the safe use of electronic devices.\n\nPolice authorities are investigating the exact circumstances of the incident, while residents of the sector urged to educate children and adolescents about the risks of improper use of electricity to avoid similar tragedies.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A teenager lost her life on the morning of this Saturday after receiving an electric shock while allegedly using her cell phone connected to the power outlet, in the municipal district La Otra Banda, municipality Hig\u00fcey, province La Altagracia. The incident occurred at kilometer 5 of the La Otra Banda\u2013Hig\u00fcey highway, near a workshop located [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40216],"tags":[42120,40466],"class_list":{"0":"post-499075","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-dominican-news","7":"tag-dies","8":"tag-teenager"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Dominican News"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499075\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}