Three employees were hospitalized after being hit by a high-power electric wire while installing a signboard at the Kottawa tire shop.

Kottawa Police state that three employees were admitted to Homagama Base Hospital after being electrocuted and injured when a signboard they were installing at a tire shop in Kottawa town center fell onto a high-voltage power line. The police further stated that the three employees who sustained burn injuries in this accident are residents of Thummodara, Uduwara, and Bulathkohupitiya areas, and their ages are 28 and 32.

This incident was reported yesterday (April 5) afternoon. The three employees had climbed onto the sheet roof of the building to install the signboard of the relevant shop. While installing the board, a sudden gust of wind caused them to lose their balance. As a result, the signboard fell onto an adjacent high-voltage power line, causing this accident.

A loud noise was heard with the electrocution, and all three electrocuted employees fell onto the sheet roof with burn injuries. Immediately after the accident, other employees from the shop climbed onto the roof and safely brought the injured down. Subsequently, arrangements were made to admit them to Homagama Base Hospital for further treatment.

One of the three injured is in serious condition and has been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), while the other two are receiving inpatient treatment in general wards. Further investigations into this incident are underway under the instructions of Kottawa Police OIC, Chief Police Inspector Roshan de Zoysa.