Status: 13.09.2023, 04:57 a.m.
By: Jennifer Lanzinger
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A tragic accident has now occurred in the district of Karlsruhe. (Symbolic image) © picture alliance/dpa / Stefan Puchner
A 13-year-old boy gets on a wagon at the Ettlingen train station in Baden-Württemberg and pays for it with his life. The police give details.
Ettlingen – A fatal accident occurred on Friday evening (8 September) in Baden-Württemberg. While trying to jump on a train car, a teenager was fatally injured at the train station in Ettlingen in the district of Karlsruhe. Police said in a statement on Saturday (September 9) that the teenager killed was a 13-year-old boy. The boy was not alone in the daring incident, he was accompanied by a friend. He was not injured in the accident.
Tragic accident in Baden-Württemberg - teenager (13) climbs on train carriage and dies of electrocution
According to the police, the accident occurred on Friday around 20.35 pm. The 13-year-old had climbed with his friend first on a parked train wagon and then tried to jump on the next wagon. This resulted in an electric arc on the overhead line. This was confirmed by the police in the statement. The boy was electrocuted and died on the spot. As the police further explained in their statement, the boyfriend of the teenager was not physically injured in the incident.
More accidents with children: Deadly drama in Bavaria, boy in the USA dies after challenge
In Bavaria, a deadly drama about a teenager also occurred on Friday: A teenager was found dead on the grounds of a school. The suspect is a teenager who is to be brought before a magistrate on Saturday (9 September).
In the United States, too, a teenager recently died. The teenager had previously eaten a spicy chip. Is the one-chip challenge to blame for the 14-year-old's death? The family reports on the net. In Austria, a six-year-old girl had an accident during a hike, and the girl's sister had to watch it all.
