A yet to be identified man was electrocuted Wednesday morning while attempting to pluck mangoes from a tree along Enugu Road, in Nsukka Local Government Area, Enugu State.

It was gathered that the now-deceased 18-year-old wheelbarrow pusher had climbed up the mango tree and, using a short rod iron, had inadvertently made contact with a live high tension wire which electrocuted and killed him instantly.

“I just saw his lifeless body with electric burns under the mango tree while I was rushing out for work,” said Jude Eze, a witness.

Mr Eze, a resident of the area who said that he did not know the exact time the incident happened, suggested that the man might have climbed the mango tree to pluck mangoes with an iron rod and had made contact with the high tension wire which got him electrocuted.