Fast braking saves life: man on tracks in Baunatal!

Fast braking saves life: man on tracks in Baunatal!

Baunatal-Rengershausen, Deutschland - Baunatal-Rengershausen (ots)

drama on the rails! On Sunday, November 17th, exactly such an event happened at 11:18 a.m. when a man from Turkey was traveling in the track area of Baunatal-Rengershausen and Oberzehren. The train driver of the ICE 772, quickly like lightning, discovered the fright moment and immediately gave an alarm whistle of himself. At a breathtaking moment he initiated a quick braking, which was only effective through his quick action, because the man promptly disappeared from the track area - lucky that prevented the injured!

clinging of a endanger

The train attendant, who noticed the language barrier in view of the Situation, decided to take the man with them. So he was certainly handed over to the federal police at Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe. There he was welcomed by the officials of the Federal Police Inspection Kassel and brought to the office, where criminal proceedings were initiated against him due to dangerous interference. The federal police urge it: Such escapades in the track area can have dramatic consequences and do not always end so lightly!

Overall, this unexpected incident received four trains a delay of 67 minutes. An event that shows how quickly the disaster can approach on rails, and that underlines how important vigilance and quick reactions are!