Ohio girl, 17, suffers horror freak death after stepping outside in her bare feet…five years after her brother died of cancer aged 11
An Ohio teenager suffered a freak death after she stepped outside her home in bare feet – just over five years after her brother died of cancer at the age of 11.
First responders say Olivia Bright, 17, was electrocuted while stepping into a camper in the yard near her family’s East Toledo home on Sunday at around 9pm.
Firefighters blamed faulty wiring in an empty lot outside her home, and the fact that the yard was still wet from a recent storm, according to WTOL.
Bright was then transported to a local hospital with burns on her right hand while in cardiac arrest. She was later pronounced dead at the hospital.
But her mother has doubts about her teenage daughter’s cause of death.
‘All I know is that Toledo Edison cleared my power, they cleared my electrical,’ Olivia’s mother, Kimberly Bright, told 13 ABC.
She also noted that police did not find any charring on the door of the camper, which was unplugged.
The family will now check in with the coroner for an official cause of death.
‘All I want to know is how my daughter passed – that’s the answers I want,’ Kimberly said.
In the meantime, the Brights are reeling from the unexpected loss of the teenager, who was just a few months away from turning 18.
They have described Olivia as a bit of a handful, but overall a good kid who was outspoken, loved music – especially Carrie Underwood – and was well-loved.
‘It’s hard,’ Kimberly said of her daughter’s passing. ‘Five and a half years ago, I buried my son Brandon. He was the age 11. He died of glioblastoma.
‘Now I have to go and make arrangements for my daughter Olivia.’
An online fundraiser has been set up to help the family with the funeral arrangements, noting: ‘This is extremely hard for our family because we have lost her brother at age 11 in 2019 due to brain cancer.’
An obituary for Brandon says he ‘enjoyed many things in life, especially Batman, NASCAR, wrestling, Fast & Furious, Pittsburgh Steelers, Kane Brown, Blake Shelton [and] monster trucks.’
Kimberly said she is now holding onto her other children and grandchildren to get her through this rough time.
‘All I’m saying is treasure your children while they’re here,’ she pleaded to other parents.
‘Be there for your kids, because they could be here today and gone tomorrow, like mine was, and she was only 17.’
Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/
