Gegham Hovhannisyan, 16, who was found dead Sunday in Aygezard village of Ararat Province of Armenia, was electrocuted when he climbed a utility pole to take a picture.

Serzhik Babayan, the mayor of Shahumyan village, on Monday told the aforementioned to Armenian News-NEWS.am.

Babayan noted that the said teen was an athlete, he and his friends had gone running in the morning, he had decided to climb the utility pole to take a picture, but he was electrocuted and died on the spot.

“His friends called for ambulance, but he was already dead,” added the village mayor.