A couple at Kongo in the Upper East Region of Ghana was on Wednesday morning electrocuted after an electric wire they were drying their clothes on touched a live wire.
The couple, Joseph Bike and Mary Bike, according to Graphic Online, died instantly.
The report said the wife, Mary, was first to be electrocuted and in his attempt to rescue his wife, Joseph was also shocked to death.
According to the report, Mary went out to draw water from a nearby borehole and was unfortunately caught by the wire as she was in the process of pouring the water into a water reservoir.
Neighbours said it appeared Mary was unaware that the wire they regularly used as their drying line was live with electrical current.
She reportedly fell instantly with the water.
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The incident attracted relatives and neighbours who dashed the couple to the Ayamfoya Memorial Hospital where they were pronounced dead on arrival.
Their bodies have been deposited at the morgue of the health facility for preservation and autopsy.
Source: https://energynewsafrica.com
