In a tragic incident, a 16-year-old boy lost his life after being hit by a train while apparently shooting selfies and videos on a railway track near Bharatnagar railway station in Hyderabad.He and two other friends were there to to shoot selfies for his social media account.
The teenager, a Class 9 student, was walking on the track when the train approached.The incident occurred while Sarfaraz and his two friends were attempting to shoot a video for an Instagram reel, with a speeding train in the background.
“He could not avoid being hit by the train even though his friends, who were shooting on a mobile phone, managed to escape after the train came close to them,” Nampally Government Railway Police (GRP) inspector A Srinivas told media reporters.
In a video of the incident going viral on social media, the boy, Mohammad Sarfaraz, can be seen with his back to the approaching train and standing dangerously close to the track.
He died on the spot after being hit by the train on Friday, 5 May.
According to Sarfaraz’s father, his son had left their house in Yousufguda around 1 pm for Friday prayers.Around 2.15 pm two of Sarfaraz’s school mates and friends — Muzammil and Sohail — came to the house and informed them about the incident.
Meanwhile, the railway staff informed the police about the accident.The cops took Sarfaraz’s body to Osmania General Hospital in Afzal Gunj for the post-mortem.
“Sarfaraz was hit by an MMTS [Multi-Modal Transport System] train, which is usually two feet wider than the usual trains.This might be the reason that the boy could not escape,” inspector Srinivas said.
