A daredevil teen captured ‘browsing’ on a shifting prepare has brought about main delays for commuters after the damaging stunt introduced companies to a standstill.
The younger man was filmed clinging onto the again of a carriage because it departed St Leonards Station in Sydney‘s north at about 11pm on Friday.
Footage of the damaging stunt that circulated on social media exhibits {the teenager} crouched on the again of the prepare dangling simply metres above the tracks.
The brand new pattern of ‘browsing’ on public transport is spreading throughout the town, with different thrill-seekers trying the identical transfer on Sydney’s gentle rail.
A daredevil teen captured ‘browsing’ on a shifting prepare has brought about main delays for commuters after the damaging stunt introduced companies to a standstill (pictured)
The younger man was filmed clinging onto the again of a carriage because it departed St Leonards Station in Sydney’s north at about 11pm on Friday
As much as 11 folks have died in ‘unlawful trespassing’ incidents round trains within the final 5 years, Sydney Trains CEO Matt Longland stated.
‘All too usually we see lives taken by folks trespassing within the reside rail hall, risking their lives,’ Mr Longland advised 9News.
‘It solely takes a prepare accelerating or braking rapidly or for it to maneuver near infrastructure for somebody to be knocked onto the tracks.’
Police and Transport NSW will work collectively in a mixed effort to cease ‘buffer-riding’ by putting in CCTV alongside rail corridors to catch these trespassing.
Penalties can embrace fines of as much as $5,500.
It comes after disturbing footage surfaced of a joyrider risking their life by standing between carriages of a shifting gentle rail on Sydney’s George Avenue in November.
The incident comes after a joyrider was filmed standing on a small platform between gentle rail carriages on Sydney’s George Avenue in November, 2022 (pictured)
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