This stupidity could have been fatal.
Three men ran across the tracks near Ottobrunn with the barriers closed.
One stopped to force the S-Bahn to stop.
Ottobrunn
- On Thursday afternoon, three unknown men put their lives in danger when they crossed a level crossing with the barriers down.
One of them stopped on the tracks to force the S-Bahn to stop, reports the federal police
Man stops in the track to provoke a standstill of the train
The operations center of the Munich Police Headquarters informed the Federal Police around 3:30 p.m. that there were people on the track in Ottobrunn and that a S-Bahn out of town had to initiate an emergency braking.
A patrol from the federal police found on site that three strangers had crossed the level crossing in front of the approaching S-Bahn, so that the 22-year-old train driver had to brake immediately.
One of the men stopped in the track area to provoke a complete standstill of the S-Bahn.
Train driver films men with his cell phone
The driver managed to film the men with his smartphone.
Search measures initiated immediately did not lead to the perpetrators being apprehended.
The rapid braking had little impact on rail traffic.
According to the current state of knowledge, travelers were not injured.
Federal police determined
The federal police are now investigating dangerous interference in rail traffic.
