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Two electrocuted while installing billboard on Embu supermarket

The scene where two workers were electrocuted as they installed a billboard on the second floor of Jatomy Supermarket in Embu town. [Joseph Muchiri/Standard]

Two workers were electrocuted as they installed a billboard at a supermarket in Embu. A third worker sustained serious injuries in the 3.30pm accident on Monday.

The workers hired to install the billboard on the second floor of Embu’s Jatomy Supermarket died after the board snapped and fell on live wires.

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