Ekurhuleni man electrocuted to death while stealing 3000 volts electrical cables
The City of Ekurhuleni revealed that a man was electrocuted when he allegedly attempted to cut the 3 000 volts electrical overhead power cables at Germiston Lake train station on Wednesday morning.
The City’s Disaster and Emergency rescue team were alerted at 09h10 and on arriving at the scene, found the motionless body of an adult male hanging from high powered electrical cables. A cutting tool was found between the railway lines just below him.
Savannanews learnt that the rescue team was only able to bring the body down when the power was isolated – he was declared deceased on the scene by paramedics.
A similar incident occurred last week where the same rescue team had to recover the charred body of an adult hanging from the power lines at India train station, Germiston, not far from today’s incident.
Electrical cables theft has been on the rise since the start of national lockdown, this mainly due to limited human traffic.
The city of Ekurhuleni encourages residents to be vigilant and guard public property from vandalizers as this costs tax payer’s money and affects service delivery.
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Ekurhuleni man electrocuted to death while stealing 3 000 volts electrical cables
Source: Savannanews