Electrician's mistake kills 2, injures 13 in southern Azerbaijan

An electrician of the Jalilabad region electricity distribution network connected 10,000-kV electricity transmission line to the telephone line while fixing electricity transmission line in the region's Badamagaci village.

As a result, telephones rang at 30 houses simultaneously. The electric strike killed 18-year old Orkhan Badirov and 64-year old Dilshad Jafarova who took the telephone.

A total of 13 injured people were taken to the hospital. They were discharged after initial medical aid. The Jalilabad region prosecutor's office is investigating the case.

The Jalilabad Region Prosecutor Mobil Ismayilov said the 10,000-kV electricity transmission line fell on the communication line at 20:00 on Sept. 29 and all telephones rang without break at houses of the Badamagaci village. Over 10 people who took the telephone at that time were injured.

Two of them - 18-year old Orkhan Badirov and 64-year old Dilshad Jafarova died at the hospital.

Ismayilov said the case is under investigation.

/Trend News/