Rajkot teen dies after water bottle thrown by passenger from moving train hits him

Throwing trash out of a moving train, something that is done so casually by many, turned tragic in Rajkot on Monday, when a 14-year-old boy in Shapar lost his life after being hit by a water bottle thrown by a passenger from a passing train.

An unknown passenger onboard the Veraval-Bandra train threw a water bottle around 2.45 pm, which directly struck 14-year-old Badal, who was sitting near the Maskat Fatak  with his friends. The bottle hit him in the chest, causing him to lose consciousness on the spot.

He was rushed to a nearby hospital, where the doctor on duty declared him dead.

When the police were informed of the incident, they reached the hospital. Initially, it was believed to be a heart attack, but after further investigation and reviewing CCTV footage from the incident site, it was revealed that the impact of the bottle had caused the boy to lose consciousness.

The body was then sent for a postmortem in Rajkot, where the preliminary findings suggested that a heavy impact on the chest area could have caused his death.

The police have launched an investigation into the matter and have registered a complaint against an unknown passenger for causing death by negligence.

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