Man is run over by trains several times in Hamburg - and survives

Created: 04/16/2022, 11:27 am

By: Elias Bartl

Serious accident at Hamburg-Bergedorf S-Bahn station.

A drunk man fell onto the tracks on Friday night and was run over several times by trains.

Hamburg – A man who has not yet been clearly identified was repeatedly run over by S-Bahn trains in a serious accident on Friday evening, April 15, 2022, at the Hamburg*-Bergedorf train station.

After evaluating the first video recordings, the allegedly drunk man ran towards the end of the platform at 00:15 on Saturday night, fell onto the tracks there and was then hit by a train, as a spokesman for the Federal Police * said of the German Press Agency.

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Accident at Bergedorf train station: man repeatedly run over by trains

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However, the life-threateningly injured man was not noticed until three hours later, at around 3:15 a.m.

By then, according to the information, he had already been run over by four other S-Bahn trains.

"We are currently assuming a tragic accident," said the spokesman for the federal police.

The man was taken to a hospital where doctors were fighting for his life.

According to a report by the "Hamburger Abendblatt", the man was still responsive when he was rescued from the tracks.

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