India, May 25 -- A 16-year-old boy from Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad died after falling from a 45 feet high zipline (ropeway) at an amusement park in Agra city on Sunday, police said.

Prima facie, police said the breaking of the hook on the zipline might have caused the mishap.

Additional deputy commissioner of police (DCP) (Crime) Himanshu Gaurav said the police received information at 6pm on Sunday that a boy had fallen from a ropeway at Chaupati and was severely injured.

"Police from Tajganj police station reached the spot and took the injured boy to the emergency ward of SN Medical College and Hospital but doctors declared him dead", said ADCP (Crime) at Agra.

"Initial information suggests that the breaking of the hook on the calibre...