This is the heart-stopping moment a nine-year-old boy accidentally fell off a train platform while playing a game on his hand-held device.
The boy, who goes by the name Lev, was so distracted by the game on his tablet that he failed to notice the edge off the platform in front of him at Chkalovskaya station in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
CCTV footage shows the boy staring down at his game while walking towards the end of the platform, before toppling straight onto an 825-volt electric rail track.
He then ran along the line in panic before a member of staff picked him up just in time before a train arrived.
The boy miraculously missed the oncoming train and escaped unharmed.
Lev was believed to be travelling alone at the time.
A report said: “According to eyewitnesses, the boy stood on the 825 volt contact rail.”
Meanwhile, a nearby witness said: “Luckily he wasn't killed by an electric shock.
A spokesman for the metro train administration confirmed the incident: “This accident did happen. All ended well.
“The child was assisted by employees of transport safety service.”
Some Russia media outlets believe the boy was playing Pokemon Go, an interactive mobile game that allows users to "catch" virtual Pokeballs around them.
Valery Gorelykh, press secretary of Russia's interior ministry in Sverdlovsk region, said: “The boy tripped down from the platform to the railway tracks.
“Eyewitnesses informed police about it.
“The police rang the ambulance who took the boy to hospital for an assessment.
“The Interior ministry established the identity of the boy. He was born in in 2010, named Lev."
His parents were called to the scene as the boy had been travelling alone at the time.
Police "are still establishing all the circumstances of the accident", a source said.
