A teenage boy has been rushed to hospital after suffering from potentially life-changing injuries at a train station.
The unnamed youngster was at Nambour train station in Queensland, Australia when he ended up being electrocuted, catching on fire and falling 10 metres to the ground.
Local news reports claims that he was climbing up the station infrastructure when the incident happened.
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Witnesses have corroborated that the boy was on fire when he fell to the ground, and suffered burns to the lower part of his body.
He was rushed to Sunshine Coast University Hospital where he remains in a serious condition.
The shocking event took place just after 11am Australia time today (July 31)
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A Queensland Ambulance spokesman said: "The teen was climbing infrastructure at the train station when he was electrocuted.”
No information about the person was given, and it has not been confirmed whether or not he was alone at the time of the incident.
It is also not yet known why the boy was at the station, and where he was planning to go, and local police have not yet provided a comment on the matter.
When news of the accident was posted on social media, one user, claiming to be the boys sister posted: “If you don’t know what’s happened then do not comment nasty things.
“I am his sister and there is a lot more to this.”
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