Drunk climbs on freight train: electric shock puts life in danger!

Drunk climbs on freight train: electric shock puts life in danger!

In the night of April 20, 2025, there was a tragic incident in Vienna-Donaustadt when a 34-year-old Slovak citizen climbed onto a parked freight wagon and contacted a powerful overhead line. The heavy electric shock led to life -threatening injuries, although the man was able to drag himself from the tracks despite his critical situation and to call for help. Anrainer heard the calls for help and alerted the rescue at around 7:00 a.m., which led to an immediate hiring of train traffic in the area in order not to endanger the rescue work. The fire brigade had to open a noise barrier so that the paramedics and emergency doctors had access to the injured. The man was medical care on site and then taken to a hospital. An alcohol test resulted in 1.6 per thousand in the blood, although it remains unclear whether this was higher at the time of the accident. The man's health is still critical, as police spokeswoman Anna Gutt announced, and it is further evidence of the fatal dangers that climbing trains, as [Vol.at] (https://www.vol.at/betrunken-auf-gueterzug-stromschlag- Reisst-mann-fast-Ten-tod/9350168)

The danger of rail leaders is often underestimated and affects not only adults, but also children and adolescents. This tendency to move near train systems or even climb on it often leads to serious accidents. On March 15, 2025, a 14-year-old died in Gunterblum (Mainz-Bingen district) after a similar incident when he climbed a freight train and suffered an electric shock. Statistics show that between January and October of the previous year, 14 accidents with rail leaders were registered, four of which ended fatally. Deutsche Bahn (DB) makes increased efforts to clarify and prevention by organizing events in schools and kindergartens and using social media to draw attention to the dangers of how Tagesschau.de reported.

tremendous tensions and dangers

Deutsche Bahn explains that the overhead lines have a voltage of 15,000 volts, which makes 65 times the tension of a normal household socket. One of the greatest dangers is that the electricity can skip at a distance of 1.5 meters. Most accidents end with serious injuries or even fatal. Despite the efforts to increase security through agreements and signs, the DB cannot build thousands of kilometers of fence, and fences themselves cannot prevent people from climbing over it. Entering rail facilities is strictly prohibited in accordance with the railway construction and company regulations (EBO) and can be punished with high fines, up to 5,000 euros for administrative offenses and up to ten years in prison in serious cases of hazardous to the railway operation, as in a report of deutschebahn.com can be read.