In 2016, a report by the Washington Post said, the most number of selfie- deaths in world occurred in India. | Photo Credit: Thinkstock

Vijayawada: A 15-year-old boy was electrocuted while taking a selfie on the roof of a goods train. The boy came into contact with a 27,000 volt live electric wire at Jaggaiahpet in Krishna district on Wednesday and was injured fatally due to his carelessness while clicking himself in the ‘daring’ feat.



The boy was identified as Pagadala Ramasai and he succumbed to his injuries in a district hospital. As per a report by The Times of India, the sub-inspector of Jaggaiahpet said, “Ramasai recently completed his Class 10 and was looking for junior college. On Wednesday, at around 1pm, Ramasai along with his friends went to railway station.” As they were clicking the pictures Ramasai mooted the idea of climbing on a goods train which had taken a halt at the station. While, clicking pictures he came into contact with live wires and got electrocuted.



On hearing loud noise and fire, the railway staff rushed to the accident spot. He was brought down with severe injuries. The staff took the boy to a local hospital where he the doctors gave him first-aid but he was referred to a hospital in Vijayawada. Later, he was taken to hospital in Gollapudi, where doctors said he suffered 95 percent burns and his survival chances were minimal. After five hours of continuous of treatment, Ramasai succumbed to his injuries.



In 2016, a report by the Washington Post said, the most number of selfie- deaths in world occurred in India. In most of the cases the victims were either hit by a train or fell from heights or drowned while clicking selfies. After India, Pakistan stood at second position with maximum ‘selfie-deaths’ followed by the United States of America. The study also said, in 2016 an estimated 24 billion selfies were uploaded on Google, the selfies were of people of age bracket 18 to 33 years old, most prone to clicking selfies.



