In brief
In a shocking incident in Germany, a 40-year-old man from Hungary found himself clinging to the outside of an ICE train after missing his opportunity to board. The unexpected adventure began in Munich, where the man had boarded without a ticket and intended to take a quick smoking break in Ingolstadt.
However, after lingering too long with his cigarette, he watched helplessly as the train’s doors closed, leaving him no choice but to leap onto a nearby bracket between two carriages. As the train sped towards Nuremberg at an astonishing speed of 282 km/h (175 mph), witnesses alerted authorities, prompting an emergency stop approximately 30 kilometers away. The train's driver, informed by federal police, made an unscheduled stop at Kinding in Upper Bavaria. The man explained that he had left his belongings on the train and was bent on retrieving them. Remarkably, he emerged from the episode without injuries. A police officer traveling on the train encountered the fortunate Hungarian and brought him safely back on board. He was subsequently passed on to federal police upon reaching Nuremberg. Now facing legal consequences for benefit fraud and an operational disruption offense, federal police have warned the public against such dangerous antics in the future.
