India, July 13 -- The 16-year-old boy who suffered 60% burn injuries last week after accidentally coming in contact with a high-tension wire while standing atop a stationary railway garbage van near Nerul railway station has succumbed to his injuries on Saturday. The incident occurred on July 7 near Rajiv Gandhi Bridge, Nerul.

The teenager, Aarav Santulan Srivastava, a resident of Belapur, was accompanied by three friends when the tragic mishap occurred. According to police officials, the boy had climbed onto the stationary railway working van used for garbage collection to click a picture of the view when he came in contact with a live wire.

His friends took Aarav to the Terna Hospital in Nerul. Doctors there referred him to Apollo Hos...