In a shocking incident, a 15-year-old boy was hit by a train in Odisha’s Puri district while filming a reel on railway tracks.
According to a report published by NDTV, the incident took place at Janakdevpur Railway Station on October 21.
The deceased was identified as Vishwajeet Sahu, a resident of Mangalaghat. He had gone to the Dakshinkali Temple along with his mother.
On his way back, he stopped near the railway tracks to film a reel for social media.
The mobile footage shows Sahu posing in front of an approaching train from the opposite direction, and his mobile phone fell onto the track.
Upon receiving the information, the Odisha Railway Police rushed to the spot and sent the body for postmortem.
In August, a 22-year-old YouTuber, Sagar Kundu, from Berhampur, was swept away by strong currents while filming a video at Duduma waterfall. Rescue teams, including police, fire personnel, and ODRAF, continued searching on Monday, but he had not been found.
Police said Sagar was filming a live video when the accident happened. He had gone into the middle of the stream by jumping across rocks, even though his friends had warned him about the rising water. The incident happened in the Machkund police area. Kundu was live-streaming at the time.
Witnesses said he jumped across rocks to stand in the middle of the stream, ignoring repeated warnings from his friends about the rising water. His friends tried to throw a rope to save him, but it didn’t work. Around 4:30 pm, a sudden surge of water from the dam swept him away in front of the shocked group.
