A father of three died due to electrocution when the antenna wire fell on a 33,000-watt high voltage power line while going to install the TV antenna.
This unfortunate accident took place yesterday evening in the Meegahakivula area of the Kandaketiya police domain.
The deceased was D.M.S. Sugathadasa (56) is a carpenter.
The police say that this person, who took the antenna to the bread fruit tree behind his house and climbed the bread fruit tree to install the antenna, threw the antenna wire from the palm tree to the roof of the house, and the wire got tangled in the high voltage power line.
