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Roodepoort electrocution incident leaves man critical

A thirty-four-year-old man is in a critical condition following an electrocution incident on Impala Road near Hopewell Road in Doornkop AH, Roodepoort this afternoon.

Netcare 911 paramedics were flagged down by members of the SAPS after they found the injured man and noticed the Netcare 911 ambulance on the road.

Upon assessment of the injured man, paramedics found that the man had sustained critical burn injuries and the critically injured man was treated on scene and rushed to hospital for the urgent medical care that he required.

Exact detail surrounding the cause of the electrocution incident and preceding events will remain the subject of a police investigation.

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