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16-Year-Old Gets Run Over By Speeding Train In Chennai While Clicking A Selfie

Teenager Gets Run Over By Speeding Train In Yet Another Selfie Death
A tourist from Pakistan poses for a 'selfie' photograph as the sun sets in Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday, July 21, 2015. Tired hotels, outdated attractions like Sydney's Darling Harbor and mediocre customer service mean Australia's tourism industry isn't making the most of a booming Chinese travel market at a time when it needs all the economic help it can get. Photographer: Brendon Thorne/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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A tourist from Pakistan poses for a 'selfie' photograph as the sun sets in Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday, July 21, 2015. Tired hotels, outdated attractions like Sydney's Darling Harbor and mediocre customer service mean Australia's tourism industry isn't making the most of a booming Chinese travel market at a time when it needs all the economic help it can get. Photographer: Brendon Thorne/Bloomberg via Getty Images

CHENNAI -- A 'selfie' moment ended in a tragedy for a 16-year-old student who was run over a speeding train while trying to click a picture of himself besides the train.

Dinesh Kumar, a Class XI student, was walking along the railway track with a friend at suburban Vandalur on Sunday evening when the incident happened, police said today.

He tried to click a picture of himself with the speeding suburban train behind him when it ran over him, killing the teenager on the spot, they added.

The victim's body was sent for post-mortem and further probe was on.

The incident comes close on the heels of a man and a girl drowning in Arabian Sea in Mumbai recently.

The man had perished trying to save the girl who fell into the sea while attempting a selfie.

Doctors have been warning that taking too many selfies could result in "Selfitis," which they describe as a mental disorder.

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