Can the current from a camera flash travel through your body?

Answer 1

I am leaving the previous post below (editing to remove redundancy and things irrelevant to the question) for reference. However further research leads me to the conclusion that the story itself is a hoax. For the question at hand it is hard to determine without specific knowledge of the subject for the internet is swarmed with the same story of this boy (keep in mind it is the ONLY story).

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Yes it is 100% true..!

This is a true incidence reported of a boy, who was studying in 1st year of engineering, who died in Keshvani Hospital, Mumbai. He was admitted in the Hospital as a burned patient.

This boy had gone to Amravati (a place located in State of Maharashtra ) on a study tour, on their return they were waiting at the railway station to catch the train. Many of them started taking pictures of their friends using "Mobile Phones" and / or "Digital Camera". One of them complained that, he was unable to capture the full group of friends in one frame in the Digicam.

This boy moved away to a distance to get the whole group.

He failed to notice that at an angle above his head, 40,000 volts electrical line was passing through.

As soon as he clicked the digital camera, a current from the 40,000 volt line passed through the camera flash light to his camera and then from his camera to his fingers & to his body. All this happened within a fraction of a second. His body was half burned.

They arranged for an ambulance & his burned body was brought to Keshavani Hospital, Mumbai.

For one & half days or so he was conscious & talking. Doctors did not have much hopes as there was a lot of complex issues in his body. He passed away later.