A shocking video has come to light showing a ticket inspector at India to suffer electric shock by a cable that suddenly falls while standing in a train station. The horrific accident was caught on security cameras.
The man is seen talking to someone else on the platform at Kharagpur Junction station, according to Jam Press. The conversation is interrupted when a cable falls on him, hitting him in the upper body. The man falls onto the tracks and after standing still for a while, appears to turn towards the tracks.
Bystanders rushed to his aid and eventually carried him away on a stretcher.
A freak accident – ​​a long piece of loose cable, taken by a bird somehow came in contact with the OHE wire and the other end came down and touched a TTE’s head. He suffered burn injuries but is out of danger and under treatment – ​​at Kharagpur station yesterday afternoon! #Accident pic.twitter.com/ObEbzd1cOF
— Ananth Rupanagudi (@Ananth_IRAS) December 8, 2022
As the New York Post reports, the worker survived with some burns. Authorities have launched an investigation to determine exactly how the incident happened.
Shocking moment man is zapped by falling power line on train platform https://t.co/C02k8VpKkS pic.twitter.com/LDWIOlsCt9
— New York Post (@nypost) December 8, 2022
Source: News Beast

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