Two-year-old killed after being electrocuted
It is believed that the child had been playing with some exposed wires when he was electrocuted.
A two-year-old boy was killed this afternoon after he was electrocuted in a yard of a residence in the Extension 17 Precast Settlement in Lenasia yesterday, on November 23.
ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene and found provincial services performing CPR on the child, who was found lying in the yard of the residence.
ER24 paramedics immediately assisted with performing CPR and provided the patient with advanced life support interventions.
Unfortunately, after 30 minutes of CPR, no vital signs returned and he was pronounced dead on the scene.
It is believed that the child had been playing with some exposed wires when he was electrocuted.
Local authorities were on the scene for further investigations.
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