Essequibo Coast street lights’ installation turns deadly

…Kitty man electrocuted

A Kitty, Georgetown resident was electrocuted on Monday after an electrical wire came into contact with a transformer at Dryshore Public Road, Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam).

Reports are that the man, Orin Cozier of Lot 30 Dowding Street, Kitty, was assisting a friend to hold the wire when the incident occurred.
Guyana Times was told that about 13:30h, Asif Azeez, a supervisor attached to the Ramotar and Sons Electrical Company, was in the company of several of his workers running electrical wires on electricity poles along the Dryshore Public Road to facilitate the installation of road lights.
Reports are Cozier was passing by in a motor vehicle and noticed Azeez, a friend of his. He then stopped, exited the vehicle and began chatting with him. He subsequently started to assist the workmen.
One of the men was on top of the pole pulling the electrical wire while Azeez and Cozier were on the ground next to the roadway holding the other side of the wire to keep it steady. In the process of pulling the wire, it came into contact with a transformer causing an electrical current to pass through the wire and consequently the men’s hands.
Both Azeez and Cozier reportedly were tossed several feet away subsequently, and ultimately landed on the roadway. As a result of the electrical shock, Cozier became unconscious while Azeez sustained severe injuries. They were both picked up and taken to the Suddie Hospital, where Cozier was pronounced dead on arrival.
Azeez, on the other hand, was admitted a patient in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the said hospital. Meanwhile, other workmen, Randy Paris, 26, of Stanleytown, Berbice; Vibert Balgobin, 38, of New Street, Cumberland, Berbice, and Reaz Shakeer, 22, of Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara (EBD) were unhurt.
Cozier’s body is at the Suddie Hospital Mortuary awaiting a post-mortem. An investigation has been launched into the incident.