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Glasgow Live
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Kathleen Speirs

Schoolboy, 13, electrocuted at Glasgow Scotstounhill train station

A schoolboy has been electrocuted following an incident on a Glasgow train line.

Glasgow Live previously reported that Scotrail services running between the city centre and Scotstounhill were cancelled on Thursday afternoon.

British Transport Police (BTP) confirmed their attendance at the scene but did not disclose the nature of the incident.

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Power lines were cut off for a short while and locals were urged to make alternative travel arrangements.

On Friday afternoon BTP chiefs revealed that a 13-year-old boy had been electrocuted at Scotstounhill station.

The alarm was raised just before 4pm and the teen was rushed to hospital thereafter.

His injures are not believed to be life-changing or threatening.

A BTP spokesperson said: "Officers were called to the line close to Scotstounhill at 3.55pm on June 9, following reports of a 13-year-old boy having sustained electrocution injuries.

"Paramedics also attended and he was taken to hospital with injuries which are believed to be neither life-changing or threatening."

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