Woman lands in hospital over performance on freight train
3 Feb 2014 3:41 AM IST
A woman is in serious condition in hospital on Saturday after leaping on to a freight train in London and getting burnt by live overhead cables.
In a report on a news website, the 22-year-old sparked an explosion by touching the 25,000-volt wires and was thrown on to the platform where her friends had stood watching, the London Evening Standard reported.
Her actions were called a ‘moment of madness’ as rail chiefs warned the public against copycat stunts.
Witnesses said the woman, who appeared intoxicated, removed her high heels before climbing onto the carriage of the train as it waited at Hackney Wick station in east London on Wednesday night.
She spent 15 minutes dodging between the carriages, even stopping to pose while laughing to her friends below.
However, an explosion, accompanied by a bright flash of light, caused the woman to fall back on to the platform. Her condition on Saturday was described as serious but stable.
A witness, who didn’t want to be named, said: ‘We saw her climb up from a ladder at the side of one of the carriages and thought, ‘This girl is an idiot’. We all thought it was stupid, madness, and that she was going to get arrested.
‘She looked wasted and was clambering about up there, then it was like a bright flash of light with sparks and parts of her clothes were on fire.’
In a report on a news website, the 22-year-old sparked an explosion by touching the 25,000-volt wires and was thrown on to the platform where her friends had stood watching, the London Evening Standard reported.
Her actions were called a ‘moment of madness’ as rail chiefs warned the public against copycat stunts.
Witnesses said the woman, who appeared intoxicated, removed her high heels before climbing onto the carriage of the train as it waited at Hackney Wick station in east London on Wednesday night.
She spent 15 minutes dodging between the carriages, even stopping to pose while laughing to her friends below.
However, an explosion, accompanied by a bright flash of light, caused the woman to fall back on to the platform. Her condition on Saturday was described as serious but stable.
A witness, who didn’t want to be named, said: ‘We saw her climb up from a ladder at the side of one of the carriages and thought, ‘This girl is an idiot’. We all thought it was stupid, madness, and that she was going to get arrested.
‘She looked wasted and was clambering about up there, then it was like a bright flash of light with sparks and parts of her clothes were on fire.’
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