Four deaths related to electrocution have been reported in Mpumalanga. Image: Supplied.
A number of people have died after being electrocuted in Mpumalanga as torrential rains continue to pour in parts of the province.
Four deaths related to electrocution have been reported in Mpumalanga. Image: Supplied.
Mpumalanga police management has called on community members to refrain from illegal electricity connections following the deaths of four people who were electrocuted.
Tonga police have reported three deaths concerning electrocution.
South African Police Service (SAPS) spokesperson Brigadier Selvy Mohlala said on Thursday, 9 February 2023, a 16-year-old female in the company of her boyfriend lost her life.
Mohlala said, according to the victim’s boyfriend, they were walking on the wet street at night when he suddenly saw his girlfriend falling.
“Police were summoned to the scene and found the victim lying on the pool of water, and loose electric cables were lying around her. She was certified dead by medical personnel on the scene,” he said.
“When the deceased’s sister sent her younger sister to call him, she came back running and indicated that her brother was lying on the floor and not responding. She said she could only see him shaking. He was quickly rushed to hospital where he was certified dead,” the spokesperson said.
Mpumalanga Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Semakaleng Daphney Manamela called upon community members to refrain from illegal electricity connections as more lives might be lost.
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