A 13-year-old boy was burnt alive and two of his friends injured after they came in contact with a live wire while clicking selfies atop a train coach in Odisha''s Gajapati district on Wednesday, December 16.
The incident
According to sources, the fatal incident took place when the youth climbed atop a bogey of the train and was taking a selfie.
P Surya and his two friends went atop the coach kept at the Parlakhemundi railway station and were clicking selfies. Surya accidentally came in contact with an overhead live wire and died at the spot. The two other friends received minor burn injuries and are being treated, police said. The roof mat of the coach also caught fire and had to be doused by fire tenders, police said.
The COVID-19 isolation coaches were stabled on route number two of the station and kept around 100 meters away from the main gate.
