Young woman dead after Geneva train prank

Investigations are underway after an 18-year-old woman died at the Sécheron train station in Geneva in the early hours of Sunday morning.

A male friend was seriously injured. 

Police say it appears the couple decided to break through a fence and climb onto the roof of a parked train. The woman touched an overhead power cable with her head – the current also passed through her friend. 

She was declared dead at the scene – her friend was taken to the specialized burns unit at the University Hospital in Lausanne. 

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