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Monday 24th September 2006
Construction worker injured as he comes into contact with a live wire on top of a water tower.
A nasty accident now from a construction site in North Pattaya. Police and rescue workers were called to the location in the early hours of Monday Morning after receiving reports of a man who had received an electric shock and required urgent medical attention. A rescue plan for the victim was put into operation when rescuers realized that he was on the top of a water tank some 30 meters up. The man had sustained burns to his mouth and head and was slowly brought down from the water tower. Fellow workers mentioned that he climbed the water tower to fix a pump which had malfunctioned. As he was tampering with the pump he failed to notice some exposed live wires which made contact with him causing the injuries which are not life threatening.