For the past two days, a video which shows a youth getting hit by a train while recording a video of himself with the help of his friend is going viral among the users of social media platforms. Reports suggested that he suffered grievous injuries and got admitted to hospital immediately as a railway guard witnessed him getting hurt by the train. Now, he is out of danger health wise, said the reports.

Identified as Chintakula Akshay Raju, the 17 year old youth is studying engineering and the incident happened near Kazipet Railway station in Hanamkonda district, Telangana. In the viral video which already went viral in social media platforms, the youth was seen keeping his hands in pockets and walking very close to the track with a train approaching him from the behind.

Within a fraction of seconds, he was hit by the train and thrown aside. A friend of him who is recording the video of him, could be heard warning him before the youth suffering the major hit. The teen was immediately admitted to MGM hospital located in Warangal. He is a resident of Vaddepally village in Hanamkonda district.

Watch the video below :

17-year-old grievously injured while making Instagram reel at railway track near Kazipet in #Telangana. pic.twitter.com/2iuisZdVCj

— Ashish (@KP_Aashish) September 5, 2022

It has been reported that Akshay came up with the idea of recording a video of himself with train in his background while he was walking with his friends by the track. He wanted to uploaded the high speed train video behind him to upload in social media, reports suggested. He suffered a serious head injury with injuries in his legs and hand. Injuries were also found in his face but the teen is currently out of danger, said reports.

Here’s how internet users reacted to the incident :

Just for a few likes. The extent of idiocy and attention seeking…really. https://t.co/Kw1tjxjOJ9

— Abhijit Majumder (@abhijitmajumder) September 5, 2022

I blame Salman khan https://t.co/peTxs8tAa8 pic.twitter.com/YBXgMndZyP

— Zenmai (@LAFLAME777777) September 5, 2022

Obviously horn was there, he know very well train was coming,but here issue is this reel makers were not having idea of distance from railway track. What is case if he after hit by train came inside the track?
These reel makers should be punished for making video on track.

— Aditya Srivastava 🇮🇳 (@Adi_Srivastav) September 5, 2022

The surgery that today’s youth need 😑 pic.twitter.com/OQFWkPcLGk

— 😈 (@girlwhospitfire) September 5, 2022

He is aware of train coming, he was shooting stunt for TikTok

— جاوىد محمد (@Deccan_Derby) September 5, 2022

Instagram is more dangerous for the society than banned Drugs. https://t.co/xO5PqMdNHv

— chacha monk (@oldschoolmonk) September 5, 2022

Instagram reel near railway track nearly took his life.

Hope Gen Z start living in real world inst3ad of social media. https://t.co/wfUPt36vUi

— Shameela (@shaikhshameela) September 5, 2022