Man commits suicide on high voltage GRIDCo transmission line (Live VIDEO)
Man commits suicide on high voltage GRIDCo transmission line.
He is said to have climbed the high voltage transmission pylon at Kasoa Galilea.
Galilea is located after the Kasoa toll booth on the way from Weija to Kasoa in the Ga South District of Greater Accra.
According to some eyewitnesses, he claimed he was tired of life.
He stepped on the transmission line and got electrocuted.
Videos depicting the incident have been shared on social media.
The body has since been conveyed to the morgue by the police.
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The incident happened on Friday (October 14, 2022) and the man has been identified, Kofi Kakra, a 24-year-old bus conductor (trotro mate).
GRIDCo owns and operates a network of transmission systems for the distribution of bulk electric power in Ghana, consisting of about 3,670 circuit-kilometers of the 161 kV transmission lines and 34 High Voltage/Medium Voltage substations.
When he attempted to climb to the top, some onlookers tried to prevent him from getting to the top, but he outwitted them.
He got unto to the top, held the voltage disc, and touched the cable with his feet. It instantly electrocuted him.
The burnt body fell to the ground and the police later carried it to the mortuary.
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