Tree, An 18-year-old boy was last night killed on the railroad in a Tree. It comes to Arne Decock, who was in Teen-musicals. He came with a girlfriend back from a birthday party. At the height of the Long Lei in the Tree, he climbed over the fence and entered the premises of the NMBS.

Arne climbed over a fence and a utility pole beside the railway line. He would with a stick, the high-voltage power line have hit. The boy was electrocuted and fell down. The emergency services could no longer rescue.

What the young man from Aartselaar possessed is not clear, but according to the public prosecutor’s office, there are certainly no indications of suicide or malicious intent. Spokeswoman Christel Minne of the Antwerp public prosecutor: “It is a sad accident. The girlfriend who the boy was, and see everything happen. So we know that there are no other persons in the accident are involved.”

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Spoorwegbeheerder Infrabel regrets the fatal accident. “We regret what has happened, and to express our condolences to his family and relatives”, says spokesman Frédéric Petit.

“Nevertheless, we want this accident use the opportunity to, in line with our recent campaigns, calling for the respect of the security. Spoorwegterreinen are forbidden, and bovenleidingspalen certainly are. That overhead is 3,000 volt, it speaks for itself that that is very dangerous. Our country has good 6.500 km main line, and is about 90 percent electrified.”

On the Instagrampagina of Arne walk, the obituary notices all inside for a while, both from his friends as from his fans. Arne was on display in the ‘Kadanza T2gether’, the popular dansmusical of youth channel Ketnet and produced by Studio 100.

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