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Yahoo
5 days ago
- Yahoo
Man locked out of carriage during smoke break survives clinging onto Austrian high-speed train
A man survived clinging to the carriage of a high-speed train in Austria after it began to leave while he was taking a cigarette break. According to local media reports, the unnamed passenger got off the train to smoke on the platform during a stop in St Polten, Austria, on Saturday evening (August 9). He reportedly climbed onto a space between two carriages as the train left the station. The Railjet service from Zurich in Switzerland to Vienna, the Austrian capital, can reach speeds of up to 230 km/h (143 mph). Austrian newspaper Heute said an emergency stop was performed by the train driver to allow the man to board after he banged on the windows to alert other rail passengers. It added that the passenger, a 24-year-old Algerian man, had a heated interaction with the train conductor once safely back in the carriage. 'It is irresponsible, this kind of thing usually ends up with someone dying,' Austrian railways spokesperson Herbert Hofer told AFP. He added: '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.' The man was arrested on arrival at Vienna's Meidling station, with the train pulling in seven minutes behind schedule. Remarkably, this is not the first instance of such an event. In January, a fare-evading passenger clung to the cables of a high-speed German train after a lengthy cigarette break. He saw the carriage doors close on his luggage and, unwilling to be left behind without his bags, he jumped onto the outside of the train as it pulled away from Ingolstadt station. The 40-year-old Hungarian national held onto a bracket between carriages as the train continued to Nuremberg at 175mph.
The Independent
5 days ago
- The Independent
Man locked out of carriage during smoke break survives clinging onto Austrian high-speed train
A man survived clinging to the carriage of a high-speed train in Austria after it began to leave while he was taking a cigarette break. According to local media reports, the unnamed passenger got off the train to smoke on the platform during a stop in St Polten, Austria, on Saturday evening (August 9). He reportedly climbed onto a space between two carriages as the train left the station. The Railjet service from Zurich in Switzerland to Vienna, the Austrian capital, can reach speeds of up to 230 km/h (143 mph). Austrian newspaper Heute said an emergency stop was performed by the train driver to allow the man to board after he banged on the windows to alert other rail passengers. It added that the passenger, a 24-year-old Algerian man, had a heated interaction with the train conductor once safely back in the carriage. 'It is irresponsible, this kind of thing usually ends up with someone dying,' Austrian railways spokesperson Herbert Hofer told AFP. He added: '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.' The man was arrested on arrival at Vienna 's Meidling station, with the train pulling in seven minutes behind schedule. Remarkably, this is not the first instance of such an event. In January, a fare-evading passenger clung to the cables of a high-speed German train after a lengthy cigarette break. He saw the carriage doors close on his luggage and, unwilling to be left behind without his bags, he jumped onto the outside of the train as it pulled away from Ingolstadt station. The 40-year-old Hungarian national held onto a bracket between carriages as the train continued to Nuremberg at 175mph.
BBC News
6 days ago
- BBC News
Man jumps on to moving high-speed train
A man in Austria has jumped on to a high-speed train after apparently being left behind at a station to local media reports, the man, an Algerian aged 24, is reported to have decided to take advantage of a scheduled stop a St Poelten, 64km (60 miles) west of the capital Vienna, for a cigarette was too late by the time he realised the train had started pulling out of the station, but he took the decision to climb on to the space between two carriages, anyway. He started banging on the windows to alert fellow passengers before an emergency stop was performed to allow him on board. He had a heated argument with the train conductor, Austrian tabloid Heute service from Zurich, Switzerland, to Vienna arrived with a seven minute delay, a spokesman for Australian rail (OBB) told AFP news agency."It is irresponsible, this kind of thing usually ends up with someone dying," he man has been arrested.A similar incident occurred in January in Germany when a passenger - this time a fare-dodger - clang to the outside of a German high-speed man, a Hungarian national, told police he had left his luggage on the train during his cigarette break and did not want to be parted from it.
CBS News
6 days ago
- CBS News
Man clings to high-speed train in Austria after it left station without him, officials say
A man survived after clinging to the outside of a high-speed train in Austria on Saturday, reportedly after it left while he was having a cigarette break. The man, who was not identified, grabbed onto the outside of the train as it was leaving the station in Sankt Poelten, west of Vienna, railways spokesman Herbert Hofer told AFP. "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." Hofer said the passenger was later taken on board when the train performed an emergency stop. The railjet train was on its way from Zurich, Switzerland, to the Austrian capital and left Sankt Poelten on time but arrived in Vienna with a 7-minute delay, Hofer said. Citing a passenger onboard, Austrian tabloid Heute said the man jumped into the space between two carriages after the train began to set off from a planned stop in Sankt Poelten. The man had taken advantage of being at a station to smoke a cigarette on the platform, according to Heute. After jumping on the train, he soon began to bang on windows to attract attention, Heute said, resulting in the train's conductor activating the emergency brake before the train crew took the man aboard. "The conductor really had a very big go at him," the passenger told Heute. The man is a 24-year-old Algerian and was led away by police after the train arrived in Vienna's Meidling station, Heute reported. Hofer said he could not comment on the man's background ahead of further investigations. Similarly, in January, a 40-year-old Hungarian man survived clinging to a German high-speed train for 20 miles, after it left while he was smoking a cigarette. The man told police he had left his luggage on the train during his cigarette break and did not want to be parted from it, CBS News partner BBC reported.
Daily Mail
25-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Universal Studios fans call for 'lifetime ban' for guest after risky act on children's ride caught on camera
A guest at Universal Orlando Resort stunned onlookers when he jumped off a moving ride, prompting an emergency stop. The incident happened on the Despicable Me Minion Mayhem attraction at Universal Studios, Orlando, Florida, a 2D motion simulator ride based on the hit animated franchise. The attraction sees guests transformed into minions using Dr. Gru's technology and going on a wild adventure through his lab. It has parkgoers sitting in vehicles that move around in sync with footage showing on a big screen. In a now-viral TikTok video posted by one of his children, named Naiyah, a man was seen removing his seatbelt mid-ride and jumping down from the ride platform. She said she was filming her sister, who was scared of the ride, when she captured the moment her father got up from his seat. As he started to walk off the ride, which rises up to eight feet off the ground, the vehicles suddenly stopped, and people began looking around, confused as the lights turned back on. The video has amassed 46,400 likes and over 454,500 views. Many fans in the comments were concerned about the man, but also wondered what consequences he faced. 'And that's how you get a lifetime ban!' one user wrote. 'This was so dangerous,' another said. 'That's an easy way to get a ban girl,' someone else reflected. 'Those cars lift off the ground with huge pneumatics, leaving giant holes in the ground that he could fall in and get crushed. Y'all got really lucky.' Another comment read: 'Yeah, don't do that. If you step off that ride wrong, you will drop like eight feet.' Others said: 'Oh, I would've been furious,' 'I would be so annoyed if you stopped a whole ride because you can't handle it when there are literally warnings,' and 'Who just gets off?' In a follow-up video on the incident, the daughter said her dad was having a medical emergency. 'No, he wasn't scared of the ride. He was literally having a medical emergency,' Naiyah detailed. 'If he hadn't gotten off the ride, he probably would've had a stroke or heart attack.' She added that her family was annual pass holders and they did not get banned from the park. The daughter said Universal Orlando Resort actually compensated the family with new tickets to come back when they wanted. 'That was actually our first ride of the day. We had just gotten to the park,' she continued. 'He didn't think nothing of it. He was already feeling a little bad. 'He was saying that he was already feeling a little bad, but he was just thinking because he didn't have his caffeine, that it was just a caffeine headache.' She said her dad wasn't aware the ride was going to have so much movement. After the incident, her father was checked out by a medical team, and they found out his blood sugar and blood pressure were very high, so they left the park to see other doctors. It is unclear whether any further medical treatment was required.
