Photo Gallery: Councilman Paul Krekorian asks for help regarding last week’s electrocution accident

Families and friends of the victims of last week’s electrocution accident attend a press conference where the accident happened on Ben Ave. and Magnolia Blvd. in Valley Village on August 22, 2012. (Cheryl A. Guerrero/Staff Photographer)

Aug. 30, 2012 5:01 PM PT

VALLEY VILLAGE -- Private donors have committed more than $10,000 to cover ambulance fees for the victims who were either injured or electrocuted as they tried to rescue a 19-year-old Glendale man who crashed into a fire hydrant and downed a power line, electrifying the pool of water.

Councilman Paul Krekorian asks for help regarding last week's electrocution accident

Jacqueline Montgomery attends a press conference regarding help for the victims of last week’s electrocution accident where the accident occurred on Ben Ave. and Magnolia Blvd. in Valley Village on August 22, 2012. (Cheryl A. Guerrero/Staff Photographer)

Barbara Kausch, left, comforts Jacqueline Montgomery during a press conference regarding help for the victims of last week’s electrocution accident that occurred on Ben Ave. and Magnolia Blvd. in Valley Village on August 22, 2012. (Cheryl A. Guerrero/Staff Photographer)

Councilman Paul Krekorian asks for help regarding last week’s electrocution accident (Cheryl A. Guerrero/Staff Photographer)

Bo Maxon was interviewed by media after Councilman Paul Krekorian held a press conference regarding help for the victims of last week’s electrocution accident that occurred on Ben Ave. and Magnolia Blvd. (Cheryl A. Guerrero/Staff Photographer)

Pictures of Irma Zamora were placed at the site of a car accident where Zamora died while trying to help victims of a car accident on Ben Ave. and Magnolia Blvd. in Valley Village on August 22, 2012. (Cheryl A. Guerrero/Staff Photographer)

Councilman Paul Krekorian holds a press conference regarding help for the victims of last week’s electrocution accident that occurred on Ben Ave. and Magnolia Blvd. in Valley Village on August 22, 2012. (Cheryl A. Guerrero/Staff Photographer)

A speedometer was placed a the intersection near Ben Ave. and Magnolia Blvd. in Valley Village shortly after a car accident took place in Valley Village on August 22, 2012. (Cheryl A. Guerrero/Staff Photographer)

Councilman Paul Krekorian asks for help regarding last week’s electrocution accident (Cheryl A. Guerrero/Staff Photographer)