Bhubaneswar, Sep 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) A student died while four others sustained serious burn injuries due to electrocution after a steel pole accidentally came into contact with 11Kv live electric wire inside the campus of a private university at Naraj in Cuttack district of Odisha.
The deceased student has been identified as Soham Bhagawan Sawale. He was a native of Aurangabad district of Maharashtra.
“While some students were carrying the Ganesh idol on a tractor to their institute in a procession, one of them waving the steel flagpole accidentally touched the live wire on university premises. The injured students were immediately rushed to a nearby private hospital where the doctors declared Sawale brought dead,” a police official said.
The students suffered burn injuries are reported to be out of danger.
Meanwhile, the fire services officials are yet to trace a youth who had gone missing during immersion of Viswakarma idol in Kuakhai River on the outskirts of the city Monday afternoon.
Source: IANS
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