Wednesday, May 30, 2007

44-year-old woman dies after power cut due to an unpaid bill

Woman on oxygen dies after power cut (AP)

Undated family photo of Folole Muliaga, who died when New Zealand power company, Mercury Energy cut power to her house in Mangere, south Auckland, New Zealand Tuesday, May 29, 2007. The mother of four who needed an electric oxygen pump to breathe died after an energy company cut the power to her home due to an unpaid bill, her family claimed Wednesday, May 30, 2007. (AP Photo/NZPA)AP - A 44-year-old woman who needed an electric oxygen pump to breathe died after an energy company cut the power to her home because of a $122 unpaid bill, her family claimed Wednesday.


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