George Agyei Frempong, the Assemblyman for the Oguaa electoral area in New Juaben South municipality, Eastern Region, tragically died on Saturday afternoon after being electrocuted while attempting to fix a streetlight.

The incident occurred when Frempong, who was in his late thirties and not a trained electrician, suffered an electric shock while working on an electricity pole.

Witnesses reported that the shock caused him to fall from the pole.

Residents quickly rushed the Assemblyman, a known carpenter, to the Eastern Regional Hospital, but he later succumbed to his injuries. Agyei Frempong had recently been elected to represent the Oguaa electoral area in the last district assembly elections.