Two persons electrocuted in separate incidents in Khammam, Mulugu

A truck driver of Pentlam village in Annapureddypalle mandal in Kothagudem district died of electrocution while driving the vehicle and in another incident at Keshapur village of Mulugu district, a paralysed man came in contact with immersion water heater and died on the spot

Khammam/Mulugu: Two persons were electrocuted in separate incidents in Khammam and Mulugu districts on Monday.

In an incident at Cherukupalli in Sathupalli mandal in Khammam, a truck driver, Reddypogu Venkateshwara Rao (40) of Pentlam village in Annapureddypalle mandal in Kothagudem district, was electrocuted while he was driving the truck.

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An earth mover which the truck was carrying came in contact with live overhead electricity distribution lines accidentally; as a result, the driver suffered an electric shock and died in the truck cabin.
In another incident at Keshapur village of Venkatapur mandal in Mulugu, a paralysed man, Mekala Ravinder (50), died of electric shock at his residence. It was said that the deceased had placed an immersion water heater to heat a bucket of water to get bath.

He accidentally fell on the bucket while removing the water heater from the power socket; he suffered electric shock and died on the spot.