In Haryana’s Jhajjar district, a truck driver died on Wednesday after his vehicle came in contact with overhead high-tension wires.
According to the police, a truck going on the Bahadurgarh-Nizampur road came in contact with 11,000 volt high tension wires at Bahadurgarh. “The driver died of electrocution as the truck came in contact with the high-tension wires,” a police officer said.
The body of the truck driver was removed after the power supply in the area was disrupted, the official said. Taking possession of the body of the truck driver, the police sent it to Bahadurgarh General Hospital for postmortem.
“We are yet to identify the truck driver. Once we identify him we will inform his family,” said the police officer.
Local residents of Bahadurgarh have complained that the incident is a result of negligence of the electricity department.
“Many times we have complained to the electricity department about low hanging overhead high tension electric wires in the city. If the electricity department had given ear to our complaint then this tragic incident would not have happened,” said a local.
Another local said that if the incident had happened during the peak hours of the day, more people would have been victims. “Local leaders have also staged a sit-in in front of the electricity department to raise the height of overhead high tension wires. The local people and local party leaders had informed the department about the movement of trucks on the road.
In another incident, two people went missing after their boat capsized in Yamuna river near Yamuna Nagar. According to Yamuna Nagar police, the incident took place during the immersion of the idol of Lord Ganesha in the river. Four people on the boat were rescued by the locals.
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