12-year-old boy killed by electric shock on top of a train in Vinnytsia
A 12-year-old boy died in the Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia on the evening of 6 November after receiving an electric shock on the roof of an electric train car. Ukraine's State Emergency Service urged parents to explain the danger of such activities to children.
A 12-year-old boy died on the evening of 6 November in Vinnytsia, a city in central Ukraine. He was electrocuted on the roof of an electric train car. The incident was reported by Ukraine's State Emergency Service (SES), the agency responsible for rescue operations in the country.
What is known
According to the service, rescuers removed the child's body from the train and handed it over to law enforcement officers. The circumstances of the tragedy are being established. The source does not say how the boy ended up on the roof of the train.
Warning to parents
The SES called on parents to explain to children how dangerous such pastimes are. The agency stressed that the railway overhead contact network carries high voltage. In its words, a fatal electric shock is possible even without touching the wires.
This means the danger exists even when climbing onto a train car roof may seem harmless and there is no direct contact with the wires. For that reason, the service urges adults to talk to children about this risk in advance.
