Man dies after getting electric shock from lamp post near Lantau beach

A man was killed after receiving an electric shock from a lamp post while wet following a visit to a beach on Hong Kong’s Lantau Island, with staff at a nearby resort saying the light had not been checked for 10 years.Police received a report at 8.32pm on Wednesday that a man surnamed Chan, 57, had been left unconscious after touching a lamp post.“When the deceased tried to reach for some wild berries, his hand touched a lamp post next to the resort, and his body froze as if hit by an electric shock,” a source said on Thursday.The source said the man, a construction worker, was on holiday with a female colleague, 52, on Wednesday at the Seaview Holiday Resort in Mui Wo.The pair were walking on a path on their way back to the resort at around 8pm after spending time at the nearby Silvermine Bay Beach.The man was trying to reach berries on a tree next to the lamp post.