<p>Trying to click self-portraits, or “selfies”, atop a goods train engine turned out to be a shocking experience for an engineering student at the Rajahmundry railway station in the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Santosh a 22-year-old second-year BTech student of GITAM Institute of Technology in Visakhapatnam, had come to Rajahmundry with his classmates to attend a wedding.<br /><br />On their way back home, they were biding time at the railway station when they spotted a goods train. <br /><br />Ignoring caution<br /><br />Santosh wanted to take a selfie on the train's engine. Ignoring the words of caution from his friends and protests by the railway staff, Santosh climbed atop the engine and took several selfies.<br /><br />While he was doing this, his hand touched the high-tension wire above the electric-run locomotive, and burst into flames as current flowed through. <br /><br />The engine drivers shut down the power line. The drivers tried to save Santosh by dousing the fire. <br /><br />Santosh was taken to a nearby railway hospital in a badly burnt state, and later to the Bollineni Super-speciality Hospital in Rajahmundry. <br /><br />“He is burnt really bad. We are trying our best to revive him,” said a doctor at the hospital.<br /><br />The doctor adding that Santosh has suffered more than 80 per cent burns and was battling for his life.</p>
<p>Trying to click self-portraits, or “selfies”, atop a goods train engine turned out to be a shocking experience for an engineering student at the Rajahmundry railway station in the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Santosh a 22-year-old second-year BTech student of GITAM Institute of Technology in Visakhapatnam, had come to Rajahmundry with his classmates to attend a wedding.<br /><br />On their way back home, they were biding time at the railway station when they spotted a goods train. <br /><br />Ignoring caution<br /><br />Santosh wanted to take a selfie on the train's engine. Ignoring the words of caution from his friends and protests by the railway staff, Santosh climbed atop the engine and took several selfies.<br /><br />While he was doing this, his hand touched the high-tension wire above the electric-run locomotive, and burst into flames as current flowed through. <br /><br />The engine drivers shut down the power line. The drivers tried to save Santosh by dousing the fire. <br /><br />Santosh was taken to a nearby railway hospital in a badly burnt state, and later to the Bollineni Super-speciality Hospital in Rajahmundry. <br /><br />“He is burnt really bad. We are trying our best to revive him,” said a doctor at the hospital.<br /><br />The doctor adding that Santosh has suffered more than 80 per cent burns and was battling for his life.</p>
