Man survives clinging to Austrian train after cigarette break

NZ Herald

4 days ago

A man survived by clinging to an Austrian high-speed train after a cigarette break. Photo / Getty Images
Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
A man survived by clinging to an Austrian high-speed train after a cigarette break. Photo / Getty Images
A man has survived clinging to the outside of an Austrian high-speed train, Austria's state railway said today, reportedly after it left while he was having a cigarette break.
The man 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 ends up with someone dying,' he said.
'And you're not just putting yourself in danger, if you end up under the train there's rescuers, there's police, fire service that come,' he added.
The railjet train was yesterday on its way from Zurich in Switzerland to the Austrian capital and left Sankt Poelten on time but arrived in Vienna with a seven-minute delay, Hofer said.