Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox A 12-year-old boy fell onto high-voltage railway lines and was electrocuted while playing a 'flip the bottle' game, an inquest has heard.
Tragic James Myers was playing the game with a pal when the bottle accidentally went onto the tracks, a court heard. The youngster climbed over railings and dropped down from a bridge to try and retrieve the bottle but then slipped on a wet sleeper, the Liverpool ECHO reports.
He fell onto the live high-voltage lines and was killed instantly. The accident happened on October 14, 2019, on Bedford Road in Bootle, Liverpool.
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