(UDHAYAM, COLOMBO) – A 52-year-old individual has died due to electrocution in Punchipanapitiya area, Karandeniya.
He was attempting to pluck a breadfruit when the pole he was using contacted a high voltage line.
Residents said that the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) was notified about the unprotected electricity lines in many occasions before the incident.
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