A 25-year-old truck driver was electrocuted in Lassipora area of Pulwama district in south Kashmir on Saturday.
A police officer said Faisal Fayaz Dar son of Fayaz AhmadDar of Pahoo village of Pulwama received an electric shock when he came incontact with a live wire at the industrial area Lassipora late today afternoon.
Faisal was immediately taken to district hospital Pulwama inan unconscious state where doctors declared him dead on arrival, the officersaid.
After completing all legal and medical formalities, the bodyof the deceased was handed over to his family for last rites, he added.