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Social media users were left in shock on Tuesday after a video showed a man, believed to be in his 30s, being electrocuted in Shallcross, Durban.
It had surfaced on social media.
The man reportedly climbed on top of the Metrorail train and came into contact with the main overhead cable.
EMS spokesperson Robert McKenzie told News24: “Paramedics responded to Shallcross, where a man on top of a train had suffered an electrocution after touching the electrical cables above the train. He was taken to hospital with critical but stable injuries,” said.
In the video, the man can be seen suffering as helpless people look on, while others run away from the scene.
Watch the graphic video below:
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