1 dead, 1 critical after electrocuted in Oklahoma City canal

OKLAHOMA CITY – Police in Oklahoma City say one man is dead and another is critically hurt after being electrocuted in a canal in the city’s downtown entertainment district.

Sgt. Gary Knight says the man who died had fallen into the Bricktown canal Sunday night, then tried to pull himself out of the water by grabbing a small light fixture. Knight says the fixture broke and electrocuted the man.

Knight says another man jumped into the water and tried to save the first man, but he also suffered an electric shock. That man was in critical condition Monday at a hospital.

The names of the men have not been released.

Oklahoma City Fire Department Battalion Chief Benny Fulkerson says witnesses described the two men as strangers.