A final year student from the Petroleum Training Institute in Effurun, Delta State, met a tragic fate while attempting to install solar panels on a one-story building.
This unfortunate incident unfolded in close proximity to a commercial bank situated in the Warri Garage Area, on Thursday, October 19, 2023.
According to eyewitnesses, the student utilized an aluminum ladder to reach the location where he intended to install the solar panels.
Tragically, the ladder became magnetized due to its proximity to high-tension wires that connected to a neighboring commercial bank. As a result, the student suffered a fatal electrocution during this ill-fated installation attempt, as reported by witnesses.
It was further gathered that a gallant passerby, on noticing the ugly development, instantly used a long dry plank to hit the aluminium ladder thus successfully detaching it from the vibrating high-tension wires, to which the young man had stuck unconsciously.
The final-year PTI student who was said to be writing his final project at the time of the incident was immediately rushed to a nearby private clinic for treatment.
He reportedly gave up the ghost shortly on arrival at the private clinic.
Meanwhile, the remains of the late student who resided with his parents at the nearby Bowen Avenue area have been reportedly laid to rest in his country home in one of the South-East states on Saturday, October 28, 2023.
