Palghar, Jan 4 (PTI) A 29-year-old labourer died of electrocution while working on a bridge on the Surya river in Maharashtra's Palghar district, police said on Wednesday.

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The incident took place on Tuesday when the bridge renovation work was underway on Chillar Boisar road in Lalonde village, an official from Manor police station said.

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The worker got electrocuted when an iron rod accidentally came in contact with a high tension wire passing over the bridge, he said.

He was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him brought dead, the official said.

The body of the victim, who hailed from Bihar, was sent to a government hospital for post-mortem, he said.

The Manor police have as of now registered a case of accidental death and are conducting a probe into it, the official said.

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