MEERUT: Two linemen of Uttar Pradesh power department and two others received severe burn injuries after a high-tension wire fell on the terrace of an under-construction house in Saharanpur’s Sadar Bazar locality. The power department personnel were at the spot visit to check a fault when the accident took place. The injured were rushed to hospital where the condition of three is said to be critical.
Dr Vijendra Kumar, emergency medical officer, Saharanpur district hospital, said three of the four injured had received 60-80% burns and were admitted in the burn ICU.
The jolt of electricity was so intense that cracks appeared on the walls of the house whose first floor is occupied by a family. From switch boards to bulb holders, everything was burnt to ashes.
