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Two electrocuted after dumper comes into contact with high tension line

Firozabad (UP), Apr 30 (UNI) Two persons were electrocuted when a dumper came into contact with a high tension line in Sirsaganj area of Firozabad district here in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday, police sources said here.
The sources said that Shant Pratap (27), a resident of Kabir Nagar, is getting his house constructed on Arav Road under the Sirsaganj police station area. "On Wednesday he brought the dumper loaded with sand. When the driver lifted the dumper to unload the sand, its body came into contact with the high tension line's electric wires," they said.
The sources said Shant Pratap and the dumper driver Gaurav (26) fell unconscious after getting electric shock. "Gaurav and Shyam Pratap were taken to the hospital where the doctor declared them dead," they said.
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