In a freak mishap, a youth was electrocuted after coming in contact with high tension line at Nagpur Railway Station on Sunday. The incident occurred in the coal yard, adjacent to Home Platform on Santra Market side of the main station, said the Government Railway Police. The GRP Inspector Gaurav Gawande said that youth, perhaps mentally-challenged, climbed atop a stationary coal rake in the yard. The time was around 3.45 pm. As the youth stood up on the coal filled wagon, he came in contact with the high tension wire that carries 25,000 volts of current. The youth was thrown off the wagon and landed besides the rail track. As the matter came to notice, the railway personnel working in the section rush to the spot. The GRP team and RPF personnel to reached the spot.

 

The injured youth was found unconscious and by the time he was rushed to hospital, he was already dead. The doctors pronounced him dead on arrival. GRP said the person was a beggar and was not stable when he climbed atop the coal wagon and came in contact with high tension wire. The technicians reached the spot and after minor repair the power was restarted. Train movement however was not affected due to the incident. The identify of the deceased remains unknown.