VIJAYAWADA: A 25-year-old worker died in a freak accident at Kanaka Durga temple in the city on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Bantu Satish Kumar (25) from Nulakapeta village, Guntur district.
According to One Town police inspector P Venkateswarlu, the incident happened at around 3 am while Satish was working to set up tents and decorations ahead of Dasara festivities.
Cops said that Satish climbed onto a railing and was working on a tent near the spot for queues. “He was holding a metal pipe and accidentally came into contact with a live wire, resulting in an electric shock and collapsed and fell on the railing, causing a fatal injury to his head,” Venkateswarlu said.
Other staff members rushed to his aid and took him to Vijayawada Government General Hospital (GGH) where he was pronounced brought dead. A case was registered under section 174 of CrPC (unnatural death) and the body sent for postmortem. Cops said they are yet to ascertain whether he died due to the head injury or by electrocution.
