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20-year-old dies after being hit by running train while taking selfie

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: May 20, 2021 09:27 IST

In a shocking incident, a 20-year-old boy died while taking a selfie with a moving train. The incident took ...

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In a shocking incident, a 20-year-old boy died while taking a selfie with a moving train. The incident took place in  Aurangabad's Chikalthan railway station at 3 pm on Tuesday when the yooung boy lost his balance standing on the platform while taking a selfie with a moving train.

The boy identid=fied as Sheikh Shoaib Sheikh Mahboob, 20, is a resident of Patelnagar, Chikalthana. On Tuesday afternoon, Shoaib and four to five of his friends went for a walk at the Chikalthan railway station area.

Shoaib was taking selfies on his mobile. They saw a freight train approaching. Shoaib stood on the platform and started taking selfies on his mobile with the moving train. As the horn blowing train approached the platform, Shoaib lost his balance and fell in the direction of the train. The incident left him with serious head injuries and a broken leg. He breathed his last on the way to treatment.  

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