In a freak accident caught on CCTV, a ticket checker received burn injuries after he was electrocuted when a live wire fell on him while he was standing on a platform at the Kharagpur railway station in West Bengal.
The man, a travelling ticket examiner (TTE), is out of danger but received burn injuries and is undergoing treatment at the Kharagpur railway hospital. The incident was caught on CCTV camera, a horrifying video of which is doing the rounds on social media.
The video shows the man, identified as Sujan Singh Sardar, speaking to someone on the platform with his back facing the tracks when a live wire comes hanging loose from behind and touches him.
The man instantly collapses to the tracks with his head down and in a motionless state. Railway officials rushed to the spot to rescue him soon after.
Officials suspect that the wire might have been snapped after coming in contact with another live wire. Senior DCM Kharagpur Rajesh Kumar said that a probe has been taken up to find the what led to the incident, a TOI report said.
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