A 14-year-old boy died instantly after a high-tension wire snapped and fell on him at Bholakpur in Musheerabad police limits late on Friday night.
Mohammed Sameer, a resident of Sabarmati Nagar, was on a moped behind a DCM van and returning home when a live wire fell on him. He was rushed to a hospital but declared brought dead.
According to the police, the wire snapped when the DCM van, whose height was illegally raised, touched it.