On Thursday, March 9, a Kenyan man from Njabini in Nyandarua County passed away after being electrocuted while trying to vandalize a transformer.
According to a police investigation, the man was electrocuted and flung more than 20 meters from the transformer where his lifeless corpse was found. It said;
The man, whose identity was not immediately known, attempted to tamper with the workings of a high voltage transformer in Njabini, Nyandarua County. However, his plans backfired when he was struck by electric current from its live cables and catapulted more than 20 meters away from the transformer, where his lifeless body was recovered.
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“School-going kids walking along kwa White area yesterday morning found his motionless body sprawled along the road with his left foot gumboot missing. It was later discovered on the opposite side of the road.”
The police report further disclosed that prints of the deceased’s gumboots were spotted all over the electricity poles indicating that the man who was dressed in an orange apron, had scaled them while going for the transformer.
It added;
“But it is the action of the man’s accomplices whose foot thuds were heard miles away as they escaped from the scene that shocked the villagers, clearly demonstrating that there is no honour among thieves.
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