• A ticket inspector in India redefined “getting wired” after he was zapped by a fallen power cable while standing at a subway station. Shocking CCTV footage of the freak accident is igniting the internet.
• The electrifying incident occurred on Dec. 27 while the unidentified ticket-checker was talking with a man on a subway platform at the Kharagpur Junction railway station in West Bengal State, according to Jam Press.
• His conversation was interrupted when an errant cable apparently fell on the inspector, sending a stream of volts ripping through his body. In the clip, the power line can be seen hitting his upper torso, causing his clothes to briefly ignite as he topples backward onto the subway tracks.

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