17-year-old drives at night on the running board of a freight train

Created: 01/17/2022, 16:12

An arrow points the way to the emergency room of a hospital.

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A 17-year-old was illegally riding on the running board of a freight train from Magdeburg, putting her life in danger.

The young people had to wait almost an hour on the running board at a speed of 100 on Monday night, said the federal police in Hanover.

When the train stopped at a construction site in Cremlingen near Braunschweig, the girl knocked on the engine driver's door.

Cremlingen – Because of the temperature of minus 3.5 degrees Celsius, the teenager was severely hypothermic, also completely dirty and only had one shoe.

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According to the police, the girl had to be lifted from the locomotive and taken to a clinic.

The hospital informed the parents.

A criminal complaint was filed.

The young people could now sue for the costs of the considerable delays in operations, it said.

According to the previous investigations, the young woman had boarded the freight train with other young people to ride to the next station.

But a freight train does not stop at all passenger stations.

When they noticed this mistake, everyone else jumped off, which the 17-year-old noticed too late, as it was said.

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