E-rickshaw driver dies in freak mishap

PTI

Metros, Delhi

Two person, including an e-rickshaw driver, were electrocuted in different parts of the city, the police said on Tuesday.

Two person, including an e-rickshaw driver, were electrocuted in different parts of the city, the police said on Tuesday.

A 60-year-old e-rickshaw driver, identified as resident of outer Delhi’s Rohini resident Mahendra Paswan was charging his vehicle when he came in contact with direct current leading to his death this morning, police said.

The deceased was reportedly charging the e-rickshaw from an electric pole. He was rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him brought dead, said a police officer.

The other case of electrocution occurred in west Delhi’s Mianwali Nagar area where a 35-year-old died last night while coming in contact with a live wire of an air conditioner in a repair shop.

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