Serious accidents often happen in track areas and on parked wagons.
At the beginning of the summer vacation, the federal police are now warning of the railway facilities.
Nuremberg - Serious accidents occur time and again on the tracks and parked wagons.
That is why the federal police are now warning children and young people about the railway facilities at the beginning of the summer holidays.
"Wherever there are trains, there is no room for adventure," declared the Nuremberg * Federal Police on Wednesday (July 28).
Nuremberg Federal Police warns: Do not take tracks as a shortcut
"Even if photos on the track or the shortcut over the rails seem tempting and predictable, there is a serious danger here," wrote the prevention officer Maik Kaiser in the message.
The braking distance of a train at full speed can be up to a kilometer long, warn the officials.
Fatal accidents have already occurred with selfies in the track bed.
Nuremberg Federal Police warns of tracks and wagons: the girl was seriously injured in early June
The last case happened at the beginning of June when a twelve-year-old girl climbed onto a parked wagon in Nuremberg.
She suffered severe, life-threatening burns.
There is a voltage of around 15,000 volts on the overhead line - that alone can trigger a spark without touching the line.
(ly / dpa)
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