Pietermaritzburg - Two People Electrocuted In Northdale Two women have been electrocuted after a over head high voltage power lines broke off an isolator at the corners of Aintree and Bhalambra roads in Northdale this afternoon.
Midlands EMS paramedics arrived on the scene and found two woman
seated on the verge being assessed by a paramedic near to the incident.
They were assessed and found that one woman had entrance burn wounds on her thighs and exit burns to her feet.
The second woman had no visible injuries but had internal damage to her left forearm as she had very little movement in her hands.
Both patients were transported to Northdale Hospital for further medical care.
It is believed that the high voltage wire broke off causing the main pole to catch fire and the dropped link after landing on the support stay was electrofied, this is where the patients were electrocuted.
Residents were able to extinguish the fire with dry powder extinguishers and called the electricity department to attended.
The transformer
hadn't been switched off yet when the two patients picked up the cable and were electrocuted.
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