US EditionMan Survives Clinging to Austrian High-Speed Train After Cigarette Break
SANKT POELTEN, AUSTRIA, AUG 10 – A 24-year-old Algerian man clung to a departing train in Sankt Poelten to avoid losing his luggage, leading to an emergency stop and a 7-minute delay, officials said.
- A 24-year-old Algerian man narrowly escaped harm after hanging onto the exterior of a high-speed Railjet train as it departed from Sankt Poelten, Austria, on Saturday.
- The man had taken a cigarette break on the platform and grabbed the train to avoid leaving behind his luggage, which triggered the incident.
- Once the train started departing, the man climbed into the gap separating two carriages and drew attention by pounding on the windows, prompting the crew to trigger an emergency stop and bring him onboard.
- The Railjet traveling from Zurich to Vienna departed Sankt Poelten as scheduled but reached Vienna’s Meidling station seven minutes late, where police took the man into custody after boarding.
- Officials cautioned that such actions are reckless and put not only the person involved at risk but also the lives of emergency responders, including police and firefighters, citing a January case where a Hungarian man dangerously held onto a German fast-moving train for an extended distance.
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Man clings onto high-speed train for dear life as he's caught out while smoking - The Mirror
A man was lucky to survive after he clung to the outside of a high-speed train in Austria - it had set off after he hopped off the train at a station to have a cigarette
Man takes a cigarette break, then hangs on for dear life as Austrian train speeds off
VIENNA, Aug 11 — A man has survived clinging to the outside of an Austrian high-speed train, Austria’s state railway said Sunday, reportedly after it left whilst he was having a cigarette break.The man late Saturday grabbed onto the outside of the train at St Poelten, west of Vienna, railways spokesman Herbert Hofer told AFP, and was later taken onboard after the train performed an emergency stop.“It is irresponsible, this kind of thing usually …
Often the punctuality of trains is lamented, but every now and then also passengers are late - just like now in Austria. A 24-year-old leaves his train to smoke in St. Pölten. Then the train starts again. The man sees only one way and rides on the outside.
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