BY WTOP STAFF
JUNE 28, 2015 8:20 PM
CHEVY CHASE, MD.
A mother and child are dead after being shocked by
electricity in a flooded area of their Montgomery County home.
Montgomery County Fire Department spokesman Pete Piringer
says the woman, Crystal Leigh Puderbaugh, 29, and child, Lily Elizabeth
Puderbaugh, 4 , were taken to a hospital. He later tweeted that both the adult
and child were electrocuted.
They were found unresponsive outside the home in the
stairwell leading to the basement. They were taken to a trauma center where
they died.
According to a released statement, at about 4:26 p.m., Montgomery
County Fire and Rescue personnel responded to a residence in the 8800 block of
Connecticut Avenue near Jones Bridge Road for a report of an electrocution.
Investigators found a portable sump pump in the standing
water near the victims. Detectives are looking at the possibility that the
water was charged and an electrical surge contributed to the victims’ deaths.
Many areas of Montgomery County experienced flooding due to
the heavy rain fall throughout the day.
This incident remains under investigation, however, no
foul-play is suspected at this time, the statement reads.
ICYMI(430p) 8806 Connecticut Av, flooded condition, water
energized & shocked 1adult & 1child, both electrocuted, 1 FF inj, PD
investigating — Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) June
28, 2015
Detectives Investigate Two Possible Weather-Related Deaths
in Chevy Chase http://t.co/cI4zlKBNCY
— Montgomery Co Police (@mcpnews) June
28, 2015