A 30 year old man died from the illegally connected wires
Nontando Mafanya
A man,
believe to be in his mid 30s, was killed this morning after he was electrocuted
by apparent illegally connected wires in the Jika Joe informal settlement in
Pietermaritzburg. Local authority was on scene to disconnect the wires, as well
as for further investigations.
ER24 spokesperson
Russel Meiring says… “when ER24 arrived at the settlement shortly
before 09h00
this morning after two men that had been walking in the bushes spotted the
body.”
“On inspection, paramedics found the
patient lying in some tall grass near some exposed wires. The patient had
sustained serious burn wounds over most of his body.”
“paramedics assessed the patient and
found that he had already succumb to his fatal wounds. Nothing more could be
done for patient and he was declared dead on scene.”
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