SWABI: One worker died and another was injured after they received an electric shock during work in Kotha village here on Thursday.

When contacted, the family members of the two workers said that they had touched a live wire accidentally during work and both fell unconscious after receiving electric shock.

They were taken to Bacha Khan Hospital Complex, Shahmansoor, where the doctors pronounced Fazal Raziq, 50, dead. The other worker, Zaman Umar, was admitted to the hospital in critical condition.

Published in Dawn, April 2nd, 2021

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