The Third Employee Of Belorusneft, Who Received An Electric Shock, Has Died

• 29.07.2025, 15:49

He passed away at the hospital.

The tragedy in Rechitsa district happened on July 27, when three workers were hanging a seismic cable across the M-10 highway. During the work they caught an electric line with metal equipment.

As a result, two men died on the spot from electrocution, another one was hospitalized. However, the Investigative Committee did not indicate that the dead were employees of Belorusneft. This became known to the publication "Flagstaff".

In addition, the publication reports that the third worker of the enterprise died in hospital on July 28. The Investigative Committee has not yet written anything about it.

According to the "Flagstaff" source, one of the dead was a 43-year-old man who had previously worked in forestry. The second was 25 years old, and the one who died in the hospital was just 22 years old. All three were hired a few months before the tragedy.

The Investigative Committee reported that two men died of electrocution in Rechitsa district of Homel voblast on July 27.

Three workers were hanging a seismic cable over the M-10 highway and hit an electric line with metal equipment. As a result, two of them (43 and 25 years old) died on the spot, another one was hospitalized.

An investigation team worked at the scene, eyewitnesses were questioned, a number of expert studies are planned. They promise to pay special attention to the causes and conditions that contributed to the tragedy.