Two men die after suspected electrocution at hotel pool as rescue effort injures others
Two foreign nationals died while two other people were injured after a suspected electrical leak at a hotel swimming pool in Bengaluru, India, police said.The incident happened Friday evening, Oct.30, at the Conrad Bengaluru in the city’s Halasuru neighborhood, according to police.Seemant Kumar Singh, Bengaluru's police commissioner, said investigators suspected an electrical leak but were waiting for medical, technical and expert reports to determine the cause, Public TV reported.PILOT'S SUDDEN DEATH DURING OVERNIGHT LAYOVER PUTS SPOTLIGHT ON FATIGUE CONCERNSOfficials cordoned off the pool area for the investigation, Singh said.Fox News Digital reached out to Hilton Worldwide Holdings, which owns Conrad Hotels, for additional information.Two foreign nationals died, while two other individuals were injured after a suspected electrical leak at a hotel swimming pool in Bengaluru, India, police said.
(iStock; Idrees Mohammed/AFP via Getty Images)Police identified the victims as Alexander Maximilian Theiss, 57, a German national and Lufthansa crew member, and Juraj Horvat, 45, a Slovak national who worked as a project manager for IBM, The New Indian Express reported. Both were staying at the hotel at the time.A 41-year-old American guest, Mathew Desantis, and Rahul Tiwari, a 28-year-old pool attendant and lifeguard, were injured while trying to help, the same publication said. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTERFour people were taken to Manipal Hospital after the incident, the hospital said in a statement cited by NDTV.Theiss was deceased when he was brought in, while Horvat died after doctors tried to revive him.Fox News Digital reached out to Lufthansa, which responded in a statement, "Lufthansa confirms with deep sadness that a member of our crew passed away following an accident on Friday (30 October 2026) during a layover in Bengaluru."The incident happened on Oct.
30, at the Conrad Bengaluru pool (not pictured) in the city’s Halasuru neighbo...