TIRUPUR: A 27-year-old
driver was electrocuted when he came in contact with an underground electric cable while digging the ground in his employer’s property at Maravankadu in
Tirupur district of
Tamil Nadu on Wednesday. A 42-year-old woman, who was working as a
domestic help in the same house, was electrocuted when she tried to save him.
The deceased have been identified as Sathish Kumar of Thuraiyur in Trichy district and Maniyal. They were working for Duraisamy of Maravankadu.
An electric motor installed in a sump was needed to be repaired. Sathish started digging the ground near the sump using a crowbar. He got an electric shock when the crowbar hit the cable. Maniyal tried to save him. However, both were electrocuted.
The Tirupur central police registered case.
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