Man electrocuted while working on an electrical box

 

 Wednesday afternoon, a man was electrocuted while working on an electrical box in Ikageng, Potchefstroom, in the North West.

According to ER24's Russel Meiring, the provincial fire department arrived at 1.25 p.m. to find an electrical box on a pole on fire. On the dirt road beneath it, a man lay motionless.

"Before paramedics could assess the patient, the provincial fire services had to extinguish the fire." Upon closer inspection, medics discovered that the man had already died as a result of his numerous injuries. There was nothing that could be done for him, and he was declared dead.

"It's believed the man was working on the electrical box when he was electrocuted," he said.

Authorities are looking into it.