25-year-old man electrocuted in Bolgatanga

A 25-year-old man in Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region was electrocuted on a high tension pole on Monday while doing major maintenance works.

Edward Adapore Asigibilla, who died on the spot, was a leader of a team of electrician apprentices working with Budic Electricals, a local electrical engineering company, a sub-contractor to the Volta River Authority (VRA).

He was on assignment to do major maintenance on some lines in the Bolgatanga Municipality.  

VRA officials, Ghana National Fire Service and Ghana Police Service personnel rushed to the scene to rescue him but it was too late. He was dead.

ASP Thomas Yaw Agbanyo, Upper East Regional Public Relations Officer of Police, told Joy News police are on the ground to start full scale investigations into the incident.

The Director of the company, Mr Halim Abubakar who became unconscious on reaching the scene was rushed to the Bolgatanga Municipal Clinic, where he regained consciousness.

The deceased, who left behind a wife and a child, has since been buried.