Overview
- Authorities identified the victim as 15-year-old Vishwajeet Sahu of Mangalaghat in Puri.
- The collision occurred Tuesday near Janakadeipur railway station as he recorded himself by the track after visiting Dakshinakali temple with his mother.
- Government Railway Police recovered the body at the scene and sent it for post-mortem.
- Circulating footage shows a train approaching from the opposite direction and the phone continuing to record after impact.
- Police say early inquiries attribute the death to carelessness during a social-media video, with reports noting similar reel-related incidents in the state.