Two employees of the local power substation carried out a systematic inspection of the power lines in the field. The electrician de-energized the towers, but a malfunction of the switches redirected the current to them, reports MK.RU.
A colleague called an ambulance to help the victim, but the man died instantly before medics arrived.
Earlier it was reported that in the Amur region a tractor driver died from electric shock when he was carrying out agricultural work in the safety zone of a power line and touched the wires with the tractor arm. The emergency occurred in the village of Zheltoyarovo, Svobodnensky district, Amur region.
