DETAILS: How Pregnant woman, daughter, three others die of electrocution

Fallen High Tension Wire Electrocuted fivePeople

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Fallen High Tension Wire Electrocuted fivePeople

Early on Thursday’s morning around 2am, the tragedy struck the residence of Onabanjo Street in the Oworonshoki area of Lagos State. When five persons including a pregnant woman and her 3years old daughter lost their lives through collapsed high tension cable
Two vehicles were burnt beyond recognition in the incident that claimed the five lives.

An eye witness described how the incident happened, he says:
“Around 2am, I was by the balcony of my house when I saw a wire spark. The wire then fell on some wood and caught fire. The fire spread to the tyre of a Toyota car.
“The Toyota car had some jerry cans of petrol inside it and when the fire got to it, the vehicle exploded in front of house number six.

Burnt Car

“Some of the occupants of the house, who were trying to run for their lives, passed the back of the house and came out through the front of house number eight” he added.
I was only able to helped Jonathan whose mum (The pregnant woman- Mrs Ameh) and his daughter were electrocuted by the wire. ‘I quickly pulled away Jonathan and he survived’- he added.
More so, report has it that, three other residents, Basheet, Iya Fatimah and her daughter were also electrocuted.”

Following the incident, Mr. Matthew Ameh 45, the husband of the pregnant woman, who was inconsolable, was reported to taken poison. When noticed, he was rushed to Afolabi Hospital.
Hoever, Dr. Afolabi said, “It could have been shock, it is too soon to call it a case of poisoning. As I was told, the man just lost his pregnant wife and daughter”.