By Paul Nyathi

A worker with a telecommunications company died while another is battling for his life after they were electrocuted while pulling a telecommunications cable in Victoria Falls on Friday.

The two employees whose identities are being withheld for the time being were badly electrocuted when the telecommunications line they were drawing accidentally got into contact with a high voltage Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company line in Mkhosana Suburb in Victoria Falls.

The two workers were connecting a WiFi line to a private residence when the incident occurred.

According to the owner of the house the two tried to draw the line over a Mango tree when their cables got into contact with the live electricity lines.

“I heard a loud scream from where the two were working, when I rushed outside to check I saw the two men wriggling in agony with their clothing on fire,” said the home owner.

“I called for help from neighbours but when an ambulance arrived one of them had already died,” she added.

The surviving employee was airlifted to the privately run Mater Dei Hospital in Bulawayo where he is reportedly in a very critical condition at the Intensive Care Unit.

Police in Victoria Falls confirmed the incident saying that investigations are still on going and the public relations office will issue a statement on the matter soon.