The youth who got electrocuted while trying to save a girl from electrocution near a street lamp in R. Ungoofaaru is in critical condition, the island's Regional Hospital has said.

The 18-year-old man got electrocuted while trying to save a 12-year-old girl from electrocution. The child had been playing in a puddle near a street lamp in the children's park at the island, Police said.

Ungoofaaru Regional Hospital said that the child has been discharged after receiving medical treatment, but the 18-year-old has been put on a ventilator in the ICU and is in critical condition.