Electrocuted

A 71-year-old man was electrocuted and died
while cutting the branches of a tree .

The accident occurred when the victim, identified as Sudin, and his coworkers Slamet and Kastubi were working to clear out
an empty plot of land belonging to a resident of neighborhood unit 04, community unit 03
along Jl. Kamboja in Cipete Selatan.

They divided their portions of work. 

The victim was tasked to clear up a tree in the back of the lot using a ladder. 

Meanwhile, his coworkers were tasked to clear out the front part of the lot.

When Kastubi went to look for Sudin, he found him on the ground, but his feet were still stuck in the ladder.

“After the accident, the witnesses asked for the locals' help to take the victim off [the ladder]. 

He was thought to be still alive and 

He was brought to Fatmawati Hospital, 

but the doctor found that the victim had already died.

The victim died of electrocution, the doctor stated.

“We speculate that when he chopped the branches his equipment struck electric cables,

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Two students and a teacher were electrocuted by an electric current.

An electric current surged through the gate of a house in front of the school.

One of the students died.

The head of neighborhood unit (RT) 007, community unit (RW) 07,


The accident occurred when the victim touched the gate.

It was raining and flooding.

They saw the kids joking around when one of them touched the gate.

They didn’t know it contained an electric current.
After Rafli was electrocuted, his friend, Heru, tried to help but was electrocuted too.

Soon after that, a teacher, Cheffi, came to help.

And the same thing happened.

“Realizing that they were all electrocuted, …

residents who witnessed the incident then tried to help in a different way,

Some immediately turned off the power.
Rafli, who had lost consciousness, was rushed to Cilincing Hospital

but died shortly after he arrived.

Cheffi and Heru are receiving medical treatment at the same hospital.