The youth was ignoring safety warnings while trying to make a video.

A minor boy was killed after being hit by a train while making an Instagram reel near Jankadeipur railway station in Odisha’s Puri district on Tuesday.

According to reports, the boy, a resident of Mangalaghat, was returning home with his mother after visiting the South Kali temple when the incident took place. While walking near the railway track, he stopped to record a video on his mobile phone. Eyewitnesses said he was standing dangerously close to the track when a fast-moving train struck him, killing him instantly.

Railway staff and local residents rushed to the spot soon after the accident. The Government Railway Police (GRP) later reached the site, took possession of the body, and sent it to a nearby hospital for

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