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Man electrocuted on Meyerton farm─── 06:59 Sun, 20 Mar 2016
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Meyerton - A 38-year-old man has died after he was electrocuted on a farm in Meyerton near Vereeniging yesterday afternoon.
Netcare 911 spokesperson, Athlenda Mathe, said reports from the scene indicated that the man was handling a borehole drilling machine when he touched the overhead power cables.
Paramedics administered CPR on the man for thirty minutes but he was declared dead on scene.
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