Passenger Clings to Outside of 175mph German Train After the Doors Shut



A fare-evading passenger clung to the cables of a high-speed German train after a lengthy cigarette break saw the carriage doors close on his luggage. Unwilling to be left behind without his bags, the man jumped onto the outside of the train when it pulled away while he was still smoking. The 40-year-old Hungarian national held onto a bracket between carriages as the train continued to Nuremberg at 175mph. The man had boarded the ICE train in Munich without a valid ticket before getting off the train for a smoke at Ingolstadt. The Intercity Express train, on a 6-hour journey to the northern city of Lübeck, was stopped by federal police 19 miles away in Kinding, Upper Bavaria, after witnesses alerted officials to the stowaway. The fare-dodging passenger was amazingly unharmed following the incident and was handed over to federal police at Nuremberg central station. The unidentified man will likely face charges for fare evasion and "an act disruptive to operations," a misdemeanor offense.