Home and Away - Marilyn Chambers's life will hang in the balance when she is electrocuted in a freak accident.

The incident occurs after troubled teenager Hunter King breaks into the Diner and steals the safe.

During the break-in, some water manages to escape onto the floor with an electricity cable nearby and disaster then strikes when an oblivious Marilyn turns up for her usual shift the following morning.

As Marilyn starts to clean the floor, she is unaware of the exposed wires and suddenly receives a violent jolt which sends her flying across the floor.

When Leah and Roo turn up later, they are horrified to find Marilyn unconscious and immediately rush her to hospital.

Marilyn's husband John struggles to cope upon hearing the news and is left further devastated when Summer Bay's new doctor James informs him that they will have to put Marilyn in an induced coma.

The residents do their best to rally around a distressed John in his time of need, but will Marilyn pull through?

Airs Tuesday November 3rd and Wednesday November 4th