Man climbs on wagon, sustains electric shock

KOCHI: A person sustained multiple burns from electric shock when he came into contact with the electric lines drawn over the railway track after he reportedly climbed atop a goods wagon stationed at the South railway station on Thursday night.

After climbing over the wagon, he started waving his hands in an attempt to draw the attention of the passengers on the platform. By the time the alarmed onlookers shouted to caution him about the electric lines overhead, he had come into contact with the lines. Railway Protection Force personnel pulled him down and rushed him to the General Hospital