Taking selfies in front of the mirror or in a park are one thing, but taking a selfie in front of an oncoming train is a very bad idea. Chennai schoolboy, Dinesh Kumar, died while doing just that on Sunday evening.



Dinesh Kumar, 16, a student from Poonthamalli, Chennai, was returning home from Vandalur Zoological Park with his friends around 5 pm. Near the Vandalur Railway Station Dinesh noticed the Chennai Beach-Chengalpattu electric train speeding by and decided to take a selfie with the train in the background.

Tragically, he misjudged his distance from the train and was run over by the speeding train.

The Tambaram Railway Police reached the spot soon after they were informed of the incident. Dinesh's body has been sent for autopsy and an investigation is on.

