GAUTENG. – A 36-year-old man was taken to hospital in critical condition on Wednesday after being electrocuted while allegedly attempting to cut live electrical cables in Lynnwood Ridge, Pretoria, according to the Old East Safety Forum.
The Old East Safety Forum says community response personnel provided emergency assistance to the man. Gauteng's emergency medical services treated him at the scene before transporting him to a nearby hospital. Police, Ridgefield Security Estate, Quatro Integrated Services, CSI Security, Interactive Security and members of the Old East Safety Forum also responded to the incident.
The forum warns that electrical infrastructure must not be tampered with, as it is extremely dangerous and can put lives at risk.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
