A BOY was killed on train tracks after playing a 'flip the bottle' game and falling onto the high voltage live lines, an inquest heard.
But an inquest heard James slipped on a wooden sleeper, which was damp due to recent rain, and stumbled onto the 630-voltage current line.The hearing was told the youngster and his friend were playing the game, which involves tossing a bottle with liquid in the air and trying to make it land on its base again, and waited for a train to pass before retrieving the bottle.
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