A window cleaner plunged four metres onto a pavement after suffering an electric shock in Johannesburg on Thursday afternoon, said Netcare 911.

Spokesperson Jeff Wicks said he was critically injured and was taken to Milpark Hospital.

The incident occurred at the intersection of Small and Bree streets in Johannesburg.

Wicks said the man was thought to have been thrown from his cleaning platform after making contact with an electrical transformer.

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