Two persons electrocuted to death in Virudhunagar district
Two individuals were electrocuted in separate incidents in Virudhunagar district. A 57-year-old fireworks worker was killed after stepping on a live electric cable that had fallen into water. A 15-year-old boy also died while attempting to tie a rope to an electric pole during a local event.
- ▪A 57-year-old fireworks worker was electrocuted after stepping on a live electric cable in Gandhi Nagar Reserve Line.
- ▪The cable was lying under water due to heavy rain, making it undetectable.
- ▪A 15-year-old boy, Kavin Pandian, died while trying to tie a rope to an electric pole after a local Kabbadi match was suspended due to rain.
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Two persons, including a 15-year-old boy, S. Kavin Pandian, were electrocuted to death when they came in contact with live electricity in two different incidents in Virudhunagar district since Saturday night.The police said that heavy rain were reported in Sattur and Sivakasi taluks on Saturday.When M. Mariappan, 57, a fireworks worker, was walking on the road in Gandhi Nagar Reserve Line, he stomped on an overhead electric cable that had got snapped and lying on the road on Saturday night.Since, the cable was lying under water, he could not notice it and was killed on the spot upon being electrocuted.
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