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| Boy, 15, dies after touching rail cables in Wrenthorpe | Boy, 15, dies after touching rail cables in Wrenthorpe |
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| A 15-year-old boy who climbed on to a freight train has died after he touched overhead power cables, police have said. | A 15-year-old boy who climbed on to a freight train has died after he touched overhead power cables, police have said. |
| The teenager was pronounced dead by the side of a railway line in Wrenthorpe, near Wakefield, West Yorkshire, on Saturday night. | |
| A 16-year-old boy and a woman aged 18 were also taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries at 18:40 BST. | A 16-year-old boy and a woman aged 18 were also taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries at 18:40 BST. |
| British Transport Police (BTP) said the death was not thought to be suspicious. | British Transport Police (BTP) said the death was not thought to be suspicious. |
| A spokesman said all three were from the local area. | A spokesman said all three were from the local area. |
| "At this stage it would appear that the two boys and the female were on the railway line and the 15-year-old boy had climbed on to a freight train at the location," he said. | "At this stage it would appear that the two boys and the female were on the railway line and the 15-year-old boy had climbed on to a freight train at the location," he said. |
| The Office of Rail Regulation has been informed of the death and a file will be prepared for the coroner, he added. | The Office of Rail Regulation has been informed of the death and a file will be prepared for the coroner, he added. |
| @katerace tweeted: "Sadly an accident waiting to happen. I have rung BTP earlier this year about kids playing on stationary freight in the same spot." |