News24 reports that a JB Marks municipal worker died after he was electrocuted while fixing an electricity supply line at Extension 11 in Ikageng, Potchefstroom, on Wednesday.

Municipal spokesperson William Maphosa identified the deceased as Reni Seroalo, an employee at the electricity section within the Technical Services Department. When ER24 paramedics and provincial fire services arrived at the scene, they found an electrical box on a pole alight. "A man was found lying motionless beneath the pole," ER24 spokesperson Russel Meiring indicated. The fire had to be extinguished before paramedics could assess the patient. "On closer inspection, medics found the man had already succumbed to his numerous injuries. Nothing could be done for him, and he was declared dead," Meiring reported. The incident is still being investigated.

• Read the full original of the short report in the above regard by Cebelihle Mthethwa at News24

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