Woman electrocuted in Pietermaritzburg
A woman was electrocuted after she tripped and fell onto illegally connected wires in Pietermaritzburg, paramedics said.
|||Johannesburg – A woman died on Wednesday after she was electrocuted after she tripped and fell onto illegally connected wires in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, paramedics said.
ER24 spokesman Russel Meiring said paramedics found her body lying on the muddy ground near exposed electrical wires.
“The patient had sustained a severe burn wound to her hand and back and showed no signs of life. Unfortunately nothing could be done for the patient and she was declared dead on scene. It is believed the woman had been walking along when she tripped and fell into the exposed wires, which had been apparently illegally connected,” said Meiring.
Local authorities were on scene to disconnect the illegal connections and to investigate.
African News Agency