A 14-YEAR-OLD boy is in a critical condition in hospital after being electrocuted when he tried to take a 'selfie' on the roof of a train.
His head touched the overhead cables and he suffered a massive electric shock after getting on top of the carriage just before the train left the station in Rubí (Barcelona province) on Friday at 18.20hrs, police have just revealed.
Although very lucky to still be alive, the youth was left unconscious by the electrocution and had to be rushed to Barcelona's Sant Pau Hospital.
Mossos d'Esquadra – Catalunya's answer to the Guardia Civil – say this is not the first time a teenager has been electrocuted whilst sitting on top of a train in the region.
A boy of 15 was seriously injured a decade ago in Tarragona.
