Two persons have reportedly died after they were electrocuted at Hemang-Krobo in the Afigya Kwabre South District of the Ashanti Region.
Two others have also sustained serious injuries and are in critical condition.
The victims were erecting a canopy for a funeral ceremony in the area.
The incident happened on Thursday during the final funeral rites of an eighteen-year-old who was a student of the Kumasi Academy Senior High School.
According to some eye witnesses, the victims accidentally touched some wires connected to a high tension pole and they got electrocuted as a result of that.
“It had been raining prior to the incident. Parts of the tents were on the floor, and when the rain stopped a little, they tried to set up the tents for people to sit under it,” the Assembly Member for Hemang-Krobo electoral area, Philip Antwi recounted.
“Where they were fixing the tent, there was a high tension cable and so when they tried to erect the canopy, it touched the high tension cable and the four persons were affected”.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
