A teen national-level player died in a freak accident on a basketball court in Haryana’s Rohtak, after the iron pole of the basketball hoop fell on him, police said on Wednesday. Hardik Rathi, 16, died after the iron pole of a basketball hoop fell on his chest during practice.

The incident on Tuesday was captured on CCTV camera. The footage showed Hardik, who earlier took part in the national sub-junior basketball championship, reaching for the hoop, but as soon as he attempts to hang from it, the pole collapses and crushes him under it.