Playing with a friend near the railroad and climbed onto a carriage: 11-year-old boy electrocuted near Kyiv
Kyiv • UNN
An 11-year-old boy was electrocuted after climbing onto a freight car while playing near a railroad in Bila Tserkva, Kyiv Oblast.
In the Kyiv region, an 11-year-old boy who was playing with a friend near the railroad and climbed onto a carriage was electrocuted, UNN reports, citing the Kyiv regional police.
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According to law enforcement, two 11-year-old boys were playing near the railroad in Bila Tserkva.
It is known that one of them offered the other to climb on the roof of a freight car that was in a temporary sump. His friend did not agree to the offer, and the minor began to climb the metal ladder on his own. Later, his friend, who remained standing next to the railroad car, thought someone was approaching them and turned around. At that moment, he heard a loud sound like an explosion and saw his peer already on the ground. His body and clothes were burnt. The injured boy was later taken to intensive care with burns on his body.
