Two staff from the Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority (EDSA) have died from electrocution at Malal Village in Kambia District, Northwestern Sierra Leone.

The two EDSA staff were involved in the tragic incident while performing maintenance on an electrical pole when they were electrocuted. It was later confirmed that both men had died after the pole collapsed, with the two individuals still clinging to it at the time of the accident.

This is the first fatal case of electrocution from the District since the start of the year although EDSA conducts repairs and installs new lines frequently in that region.

The exact cause of the electrocution remains unclear, as in many instances, EDSA had turned off the power before beginning work on its poles and other infrastructure.

Engineers, however, believe that electrocution, a process through which power passes through the body, occurs when someone is in contact with a live wire, a wire exposed to water and exposure to a damaged wire.