Crime & Safety

Woman Electrocuted In Pittsburgh Area: Latest Info

A woman in the Pittsburgh area was fatally electrocuted. Get the latest details here.

BUTLER COUNTY, PA — The Butler County Coroner's Office has identified the woman who was electrocuted Saturday while working at a job site in Petrolia Borough.

Victoria Zachrich, 26, of Hadley, Mercer County, died of an accidental low-voltage electrocution, according to the coroner's office. According to Pennsylvania State Police, the woman was electrocuted while working at her job site around 10:28 a.m. near Nesbit Avenue.

Life-saving measures were attempted at the scene before Zachrich was taken to Butler Memorial Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

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