A police enquiry is ongoing after a 13-year-old boy received an electric shock from an overhead cable after allegedly climbing on top of a freight train.
Police and ambulance services were called to the railway line at the Millerhill railway yard on Whitehill Road, Millerhill, around 6pm on Friday.
The youngster is currently being treated in hospital for injuries which are not thought to be life-threatening.
A spokesman for British Transport Police said: “We are currently working to understand the full circumstances of what happened and how the teenager came by his injuries.
“Parents are urged to talk to their children about the hazards and remind them to stay away from the tracks.”
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.
