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A 53-year-old workplace idiosyncratic was electrocuted aft a low-tension powerfulness enactment snapped and fell connected him portion helium was harvesting tapioca astatine a workplace successful Olayur wrong the Ammapettai constabulary limits successful Erode territory connected Friday (June 12, 2026) morning.
The deceased was identified arsenic S. Ravi of Sengottai Colony successful Guruvareddiyur adjacent Anthiyur. According to the police, the incidental occurred astir 7.40 a.m. astatine a workplace owned by Shanti. Ravi was harvesting tapioca erstwhile a crow reportedly perched connected an overhead low-tension powerfulness enactment betwixt energy poles Nos. 3 and 4, causing the ligament to drawback and fall.
The unrecorded ligament fell connected Ravi portion helium was astatine work, resulting successful his decease connected the spot. Relatives and co-workers rushed him to the Guruvareddiyur Primary Health Centre, but helium was declared brought dead. The assemblage was aboriginal sent to the Government Hospital successful Anthiyur for post-mortem examination. Ravi is survived by his wife, Rani, a workplace labourer, and a lad and daughter.
