PHOTO: Man electrocuted at Legon

A 28-year-old advertising agent was electrocuted at Legon while mounting a billboard under a high tension near the Legon Shopping Mall.

The deceased was identified as Isaac Kwesi Darko. According to sources, he was subcontracted to mount the billboard belonging to Ernest Chemist, a pharmaceutical company in Accra.

His body has since been deposited at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital morgue.

Confirming the incident to DAILY GUIDE, ASP Favour Fleischer Ackon, the Legon District Police Crime Officer, said it occurred on Monday, May 25, 2015 around 12pm.

Darko, together with one other person, was mounting the said billboard when the metallic ladder on which he was standing touched the high tension cables, resulting in the accident.

Meanwhile, investigations revealed that the deceased was a cleaner at the Korle –Bu Teaching Hospital Dental School.

He was said to be a member of the Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU). With TEWU currently on strike, Isaac Darko reportedly decided to help mount the billboard for a fee when the unfortunate accident occurred.

-Daily Guide

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An Entrepreneur, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Communications Executive and Philanthropist. Editor-in-Chief of www.233times.com. A Senior Journalist with Ghanaian Chronicle Newspaper. An alumnus of Adisadel College where he read General Arts. His first degree is in Bachelor of Arts - Political Science (major) and History (minor) from the University of Ghana. He holds MSc in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Energy with Public Relations (PR) from the Robert Gordon University in the United Kingdom. He is a 2018 Mandela Washington Fellow who studied at Clark Atlanta University in USA on the Business and Entrepreneurship track.

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