Boys electrocuted after playing near Wednesbury railway line
West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to parkland near Durham Road, Wednesbury, at around 11.45am on Thursday.
Two 13-year-old boys have been electrocuted after “playing next to the railway line”, paramedics said.
The teenagers suffered serious injures – with one airlifted to hospital in a critical condition.
West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to parkland near Durham Road, Wednesbury, at around 11.45am on Thursday.
A spokesman said: “On arrival, ambulance staff found two boys on the parkland who had suffered serious injuries after being electrocuted.
“Staff were told that four teenage boys had been playing next to the railway line.
“The two injured were taken to Birmingham Children’s Hospital, one by air ambulance, the other by land ambulance using blue lights.”
