Youth playing mobile game run over by train

Playing PUBG on his mobile phone cost a youth his life as he died when he was hit by a train near Sielti village under the Lakhna police station in Nuapada district on Sunday night.

The deceased was identified as Khiramohan Majhi.

According to reports, the youth while being busy in playing the game on his mobile phone approached the railway track near the village unknowingly. Moments later, a Shramik Special train ran over Majhi while he was standing on the track killing him on the spot.

Locals spotted the body lying on the track on Monday morning and informed the Government Railway Police (GRP). The body was recovered by cops and sent for postmortem.