Azerbaijan, Lankaran, Sept. 30 / Trend , K.Zarbaliyeva, P.Aliyeva/
The incident killed two and injured 17 in the Azerbaijani southern region of Jalilabad (200 km of Baku).
The employees of the Jalilabad region electricity distribution network connected 10,000 kV electricity transmission line to the communication line during removing the incident occurred in the electricity transmission line in the region's Badamagaci village, Trend regional correspondent reported with reference to the local residents. At this time, the telephones rang at 30 houses simultaneously. The electric strike killed 18-year old Orkhan Badirov and 64-year old Dilshad Jafarova who took the telephone.
A total of 17 injured people were taken to the hospital. They were discharged after the first medical aid. The Jalilabad region prosecutor's office is investigating the case.
The Jalilabad Region Prosecutor, Mobil Ismayilov told Trend that the10,000-kV electricity transmission line fell down on the communication line at 20:00 on Sept. 29 and all telephones rang without break at houses of the Badamagaci village. Over 10 people who took the telephone at that time were injured. Two of them - 18-year old Orkhan Badirov and 64-year old Dilshad Jafarova died at the hospital.
Ismayilov said the case is under investigations.
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