Tragedy

Red Hill experienced outages of both electricity and water this week. The water problem was bad enough, especially on Wednesday when it was blazing hot. But the power outage was even worse, because it resulted in tragedy.

Apparently the residents became so impatient at the electric company’s failure to come fix the problem, they coaxed a young man to climb the main power pole and try to do it himself. He pulled out a cable, something went wrong, and he was electrocuted while dozens of adults and children watched from below.

Certainly this guy should not have even attempted the repair. But Red Hill is often forgotten when it comes to basic services such as water, power and garbage pickup. In this case, it led to a desperate act that killed a man. So sad.