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Africa-Press – Liberia. <\/strong><\/span>Family members of Gabriel Cruz Borbordee, who got electrocuted with a 2500kw high tension power line late Wednesday evening is seeking assistance for medical treatment abroad.<\/p>\n

The 28-year-old, an employee of the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC), is \u201cresponding to treatment at the John F. Kennedy (JFK) Memorial Hospital in Monrovia\u201d after Wednesday\u2019s mishap, family sources told FrontPageAfrica.<\/p>\n

One family source told FrontPageAfrica that though the family is cooperating with the management of the LEC, seeking medical treatment abroad would be \u201cmost guarantee to save their relative\u2019s life\u201d.<\/p>\n

Gabriel was electrocuted on 25 May due to a \u201ctechnical issue\u201d on a pole on Monrovia\u2019s Capitol Bye Pass after being called by a supervisor only identified as Frank.<\/p>\n

Frank, it\u2019s alleged, had instructed Gabriel and his team to work on a low-voltage (LV) line, insisting it needed to be fixed to provide electricity to the Bye Pass community that had been without electricity for weeks.<\/p>\n

An employee of the LEC who requested preferred not to be named told FrontPageAfrica that in order to work on that particular pole the entire power line from the LEC head office needed to be switched off until after the work was completed.<\/p>\n

But FPA gathered that Frank who should have given instructions to fix the line was the same person who should have ensured that the power was switched off.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut unfortunately for Gabriel and his team Frank did not switch off the power and the kid unknowingly climb the pole and in less than minutes he got electrocuted,\u201d an employee of the LEC noted.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe thank God he survived. For someone to survive from almost 2500w of electrocution, it has to be the mercy of God. We are glad he\u2019s responding to treatment,\u201d a source hinted.<\/p>\n

Frank, however, couldn\u2019t be reached for clarity up to press time.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Liberia. Family members of Gabriel Cruz Borbordee, who got electrocuted with a 2500kw high tension power line late Wednesday evening is seeking assistance for medical treatment abroad. The 28-year-old, an employee of the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC), is \u201cresponding to treatment at the John F. 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