Muridke: Two persons of a family died of high-voltage electric shock and eight others received burn injuries in Dera Latianwala area of Muridke on night between Friday and Saturday.
Ten members of a family tried to repair an 11kv transmission line which was broken after a tree, uprooted by gusty winds, fell over it in Dera Latianwala area but they suffered electric shock and were critically wounded.
They were rushed to a nearby hospital where two of the injured persons died during treatment.