[POTCHEFSTROOM] – Man electrocuted, left critically injured.

A 48-year-old man was left critically injured this morning when he was electrocuted on a municipal community farm on the R54 between Potchefstroom and Vereeniging.

At 09:45 ER24 arrived on the scene and found a 48-year-old male patient sitting in the veld. The man and several cattle had been electrocuted by one of the high voltage cables running over their land, which had now collapsed.

The medics assessed the man and found that he had sustained serious burn wounds and was in a critical condition. The man was treated and provided with several advanced life support interventions before he was transported to Potchefstroom Provincial Hospital for further care.

A team of electricians were called to the scene as well as a team from the local SPCA to assess the scene and care for other animals that might have been injured.

Local authorities were on the scene for further investigations.