A Texas man died and a woman was injured after being electrocuted in a hot tub at a resort in Mexico

A Texas man died and a woman was injured when they were electrocuted in a resort in northwestern Mexico, officials and local media said Wednesday.

A 43-year-old man was in a hot tub with a 35-year-old woman when both were shocked by an “electrical discharge,” the Sonora state attorney general’s office said. statement. The incident happened around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at a private condominium complex in Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, officials said.

Couple – recognized CBS affiliate KDBC Both Jorge Guillen and Lizette Zambrano of El Paso — both were in a Jacuzzi at a Sonoran Sea resort when they were electrocuted, the station reported. KDBC and local media posted video The aftermath of the incident, which appears to show people, some screaming, huddled around a hot tub, as someone tries to perform chest compressions on a person lying on the ground.

Zambrano is in critical condition, according to family members of the couple, according to KDBC.

A GoFundMe started for the couple had raised more than $21,000 as of Thursday morning.

“Jorge had a heart of gold and was always there for his family and friends,” the GoFundMe says. “The love they shared was one for the ages.”

Jorge Guillen and Lizette Zambrano

GoFundMe


A witness told investigators at the scene that he tried to get into the Jacuzzi after noticing the couple unresponsive. KTSM of El Paso reported, but when he tried to get into the bathroom, he was shocked, so he called for help.

Investigators will try to “determine the origin of the electrical failure,” the attorney general’s office said, adding that additional information would be released at a later date.

According to its website, Sonoran Sea Resort has three beachfront swimming pools, as well as a family and adult Jacuzzi. It’s about a four-hour drive from Phoenix, Arizona.

Last June A The man died After an apparent electrocution while repairing a hot tub inside a Phoenix fitness center.

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