CABARROGUIS, Quirino — A technician of the Quirino Electric Cooperative was electrocuted on Saturday (May 28) after fixing a power line in Maddela town.
Lineman Evert Lloyd Agpawa also fell from the top of an electric post after getting a jolt from a live wire at 10:20 p.m. in Barangay Sta. Maria.
Agpawa had not strapped on his safety gear when he climbed the electric post to fix a damaged cable that was causing intermittent brownouts in the area, said Chief Insp. Avelino Cuntapay, Quirino police spokesperson, on Sunday.
The lineman had completed the repairs when he accidentally touched the live under belt wire.
He was declared dead on arrival at the Diduyon District Hospital in Maddela.
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