Kasoa: Man commits suicide on high voltage GRIDCo transmission line

Man commits suicide on high voltage GRIDCo transmission line.

He is said to have climbed the high voltage transmission line pylon at Kasoa Galilea.

Galilea is located after the Kasoa toll booth on the way from Weija to Kasoa in the Ga South District of Greater Accra.

According to some eyewitnesses, he claimed he was tired of life.

He stepped on the transmission line and got electrocuted.

A video of the incident has been shared on social media.

The body has since been conveyed to the morgue.

The incident reportedly happened on Friday and the man is yet to be identified.

GRIDCo owns and operates a network of transmission systems for the distribution of bulk electric power in Ghana, consisting of about 3,670 circuit-kilometers of the 161 kV transmission lines and 34 High Voltage/Medium Voltage substations.