New Year’s Eve tragedy as a mum and daughter, 10, are electrocuted on a farm connecting a battery charger to a semi-trailer
- Woman and her daughter, 10, electrocuted on a farm in far north Queensland
- Police confirmed they died after midday on New Year's Eve on private property
- They were apparently connecting battery charger or generator to a semi-trailer
- Mother in her thirties and her young daughter pronounced dead at Tumoulin
A woman and her 10-year-old daughter have been electrocuted on a rural cattle property, possibly while fixing a cable to a semi-trailer.
Police said the pair was killed just after midday on New Year's Eve on a private property at Tumoulin, southwest of Cairns in far north Queensland.
'The initial advice is they were connecting a battery charger or a generator to a semi-trailer inside a shed,' a police media spokesman said on Wednesday.
A woman and her 10-year-old daughter have been electrocuted on a rural cattle property, possibly while fixing a cable to a semi-trailer (pictured is Tumoulin in far north Queensland)
There have been reports that a cable had been fixed from an electric fence to the semi-trailer.
Both the 39-year-old mother and her daughter were pronounced dead at the scene.
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Daily Mail Australia understands the girl attended St Teresa's Primary School at nearby Ravenshoe.
The married mother lived with her husband on a cattle and horse property on Tumoulin Road in Tumoulin.
Workplace Health and Safety has been advised and police are preparing a report for the coroner.
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