In an incident of sheer carelessness, a person was killed after falling from a running Rath that came in contact with a live electric wire here on Saturday.
Interestingly, Jharsuguda happens to be a district of major power generating houses of the country.
According to information, the Rath of the BTM Jagannath Temple got charged coming in contact with a 132-KV overhead service line while being pulled on the National Highway 49 at around 7.30 pm.
As a result, the man, Pradip Patra, who was atop the Rath, fell down and went unconscious.
Though he was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital, doctors declared him dead. Pradip, a native of Gatebazar, Brahmpur, had been staying in the town since long.
In the incident, many other devotees too sustained burn injuries. Two persons, Risikesh Rao (19) and Satya Das (20), were admitted in different hospitals of the town.