[InTime News]

A power network employee has been killed in a workplace accident in central Athens.

The 52-year-old Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator (HEDNO) worker was reportedly electrocuted after an explosion at a power substation in the Patisia district.

Reports said the man was killed instantly in the incident, which occurred on Ilias Zervou Street.

Authorities are investigating the causes of the accident.