Boy electrocuted in Ahmedabad while trying to ‘shoot video atop goods train’

A 15-year-old boy in Ahmedabad was electrocuted after he climbed on to the roof of a stationary goods train, allegedly to shoot a video of himself, and came in contact with high tension electric wires.

According to police and railway officials, the incident took place Monday afternoon in the Sabarmati Railway Yard section opposite Sabarmati Central Jail in Ahmedabad when the boy, a higher secondary student in a private school and a resident of Ranip area, climbed on to the roof of a stationary train.

“The boy had gone to the Sabarmati Railway Yard with his friends on Monday afternoon. The teen climbed upon one of the wagons of a stationary goods train on track number 3 to record a selfie video when he got electrocuted.