Police Tuesday said a 28-year-old man was electrocuted after he came into contact with an electrical wire that was connected to a chicken coop at Dartmouth, Essequibo Coast.
The police said two children were also injured during the incident on Monday evening.
They said Kelton Benn of Ptolemy Avenue, Dartmouth, died at about 5:30 pm at his residence. Benn was also taken to the Lima Regional Hospital, where he was examined and pronounced dead on arrival.
‘Preliminary enquiries revealed that Benn had gone to use an outdoor toilet situated at the back of the yard. After he failed to return, a relative went in search of him and found him lying motionless next to a chicken coop,’ the Guyana Police Force (GPF) said in the statement
The police said that they were told that the electrical wire had been connected from the house to the chicken coop several months earlier to provide lighting.
Police said that a nine-year-old boy and a six-year-old girl, who were subsequently seen shaking while leaning against the structure, were taken to the Lima Regional Hospital, where they were admitted for observation.
The police said that the Guyana Power and Light Inc. was contacted and the electrical wire disconnected.