Railjet train reached speeds of 100km/h before the man was rescued after banging on windows to get attention
A man has survived clinging to the outside of an Austrian high-speed train, Austria’s state railway said on Sunday, reportedly after it left while he was having a cigarette break.
The man late on Saturday grabbed onto the outside of the train at St Poelten, west of Vienna, railways spokesman Herbert Hofer said, and was later taken on board after the train performed an emergency stop.
“It is irresponsible, this kind of thing usually ends up with someone dying,” he said.
“And you’re not just putting yourself in danger, if you end up under the train there’s rescuers, there’s police, fire service that come,” he added.
