Texas man dies after being electrocuted in Jacuzzi at Mexican resort

A man died after he was electrocuted in a Jacuzzi at a Mexican resort, local officials announced Wednesday.

A man died after he was electrocuted in a Jacuzzi at a Mexican resort, local officials announced Wednesday.

The 43-year-old man was in the Jacuzzi alongside another person when both were shocked, the attorney general’s office for the state of Sonora said in a statement on Facebook.

The man was from El Paso, Texas, and the other person was taken to the U.S., where she is in critical condition with life-threatening injuries, NBC affiliate KTSM of El Paso reported.

The Sonoran Spa Resort in Puerto Peñasco, Mexico.Google MapsThe incident was reported around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday in the pool area of a private condominium complex in the Puerto Peñasco resort, the AG's office said.

Citing the attorney general's office, the station reported that faulty wiring could be to blame for the electrocution.

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