Fatal ending rigging Christmas tree: five dead

el carmen frontera - Adorning a Christmas tree in a village in Guatemala resulted in a tragedy.

Four men and a woman were electrocuted when one of them hit an electricity cable hanging over the tree. A deadly current surge then passed through the metal frame of the artificial tree, reports AP news agency.

The accident happened in El Carmen Frontera, near the Mexican border. The victims were between 17 and 24 years old.