According to City Power a suspected cable thief was badly injured and taken to hospital after tempering with, and vandalizing a minisubstation ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene on Thursday at 13h15 to find the man lying against a boundary wall. https://twitter.com/CityPowerJhb/status/1352230226047225856 Medics assessed the man and found that he had sustained significant burn wounds, leaving him in a critical condition.
Suspected cable thief critical after electrocution
A man is in a critical condition after being electrocuted on East Town in Johannesburg.
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