Man electrocuted while doing 'extreme sport' of parkour on railway

'Likely came into contact with an exposed electric wire'

By WND News Services
Published September 20, 2022 at 5:55pm

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(YNET NEWS) -- An Israeli man was electrocuted Monday at a train station in central Israel after practicing parkour near the railway.

The police said the 20-year-old man was evacuated to a hospital in serious condition.

The preliminary investigation reveals the man was practicing parkour at the Rishon LeTsiyon Moshe Dayan Station, and likely came into contact with an exposed electric wire. The investigators questioned witnesses at the scene and collected security camera footage from the station, in an effort to learn the real reason for the man's severe injury.

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