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Teenager electrocuted to death by train station in Penza

13:52 | 11.10.2015 | Incidents

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Penza, 11 October 2015. PenzaNews. A 13-year-old teenager was electrocuted to death by Krivozerovka train station in Penza.

Teenager electrocuted to death by train station in Penza

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“The investigators dispatched to the location found that the tragic incident took place when a group of teenagers were walking by the train station. One of them climbed up on a railway container and began waving to his friends from up high. He accidentally touched a live aerial contact wire and was electrocuted to death,” Elena Modyakova, press secretary of the Penza railway transportation department for the Ministry of the Interior, told PenzaNews agency on Sunday, October 11.

An investigation is underway, she added.

“We are currently gathering evidence of the incident,” Elena Modyakova added.

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