Lifeguese-in electric shock: 21-year-old climbs on freight wagon!

Lifeguese-in electric shock: 21-year-old climbs on freight wagon!

On the evening of July 3, 2025, a tragic incident occurred in Vienna-Penzing when a 21-year-old man suffered a life-threatening electric shock while climbing on a parked freight wagon. According to reports from fireworld.at, the young man was on the road when you decided to take a shortening. Witnesses reported that the 21-year-old was on the wagon when he got the electric blow. The Vienna professional rescue caused immediate emergency care and transported it to a hospital.

The Viennese police and ÖBB caution to never climb wagons and to keep distance from railway lines. These lines, which are operated with a high voltage of 15,000 volts, are a significant danger. A distance of 1.5 meters is sufficient over 65 times more than the voltage of a conventional household socket so that the current can be fatal. This is also evident from the information from Deutschebahn.com, which warn of the frequent accidents that happen that people climbing on wagons, electricity masts or parked trains.

The invisible danger

The latest tragedy once again shows the urgency of such preventive measures. The risks that arise from the game with rail systems should not be underestimated. The federal police security campaign not only includes information materials, but also videos that impressively warn of the dangers, such as the history of a young woman who survived a electricity rollover. Your experiences serve as a warning and education for the youth.

• The most important safety instructions:
• keep away from railway power lines.
• never climbing on wagons.
• Avoid kite or the like near tracks.
• do not make "tests of courage" on bridges over tracks.