Man electrocuted while plucking mangoes with metal rod
Firefighters bringing down a man who was electrocuted while trying to pluck mangoes. (Fire and rescue department pic)
KOTA KINABALU : A 42-year-old man died when he was electrocuted while trying to pluck mangoes in Kampung Bambangan, Papar, today.
Papar fire and rescue station chief Rozlan Osman said the victim is believed to have climbed the tree and used an iron rod to poke at the mangoes.
The rod then came into contact with a nearby electric cable, causing the man to be electrocuted and leaving him unconscious on the tree.
'Firemen proceeded to lower the victim using a ladder and rescue rope after the electricity supply was cut off,' he said when contacted today.
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