A 6 year old girl was electrocuted by an illegal electricity connection at an informal settlement on Ramnanan Road in Coniston ,Verulam.
Members of Reaction Unit South Africa were called out to the scene by the public reporting the incident. Upon arrival it was establised that the child was walking on an unpaved road when she slipped and fell on a live uninsulated electricity cable.
Members of the community managed to move the cable before transporting the child by taxi to Osindisweni Hospital where she is reported to be in a stable condition.
A child was killed by an illegal electricity connection at the same informal settlement last year after a resident created an electric fence to secure his home.
