[Cyprus Times] Terrifying video: The moment a man in India is electrocuted by a suddenly falling cable

The man was in a train station talking to another man when the cable electrocuted him

A ticket inspector in India was electrocuted by a cable that suddenly fell while he was in a train station.

The terrifying event was captured on a security camera. The man was standing on the platform at Kharagpur Junction station and was chatting with someone when suddenly a cable fell on him and electrocuted him. The man falls on the tracks and after standing still for a while, he seems to turn towards the tracks.

A freak accident a long piece of loose cable, taken by a bird somehow came in contact with the OHE wire and the other end came down and touched a TTEs head. He suffered burn injuries but is out of danger and under treatment at Kharagpur station yesterday afternoon! #Accident pic.twitter.com/ObEbzd1cOF

- Ananth Rupanagudi (@Ananth_IRAS) December 8, 2022

As reported by protothema.gr, people who were at the scene ran to help him and eventually carried him on a stretcher.

Fortunately for him and according to the New York Post, the man survived with some burns.

Investigations[/B] are underway to determine exactly how the incident occurred.

Source: Proto Thema

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