Posted on 09/23/2019 10:41:46 AM PDT by Gamecock
A 'train surfer' was burned alive after he was 'electrocuted' travelling on the roof of a 155 mile per hour high speed electric train in Russia.
The Sapsan service was halted after passengers reported the smell of 'burning meat' in a carriage as the train was en route from St Petersburg to Moscow.
The driver stopped the train and a fire was spotted on the roof of the third carriage as passengers ran out onto a platform in panic, according to reports.
The cause of the blaze was found to be coming from 19-year-old Dmitry Mikhailenko whose body was trapped on the 4,000-volt pantograph - the apparatus mounted on the roof of an electric train which collects power through contact with an overhead line.
Mr Mikhailenko had already passed away when rescuers reached him in Tver region on 4 August, say reports citing law enforcement.
Full details have only emerged now, including fears for a young woman who may have been with him.
Other 'train surfers' have expressed concern for Anya Morozova, 20, who has been missing since the incident and whose phone is off.
The Russian Investigative Committee transport section has launched a full investigation into the incident.
Russian Railways official Petr Potapov, said he caused a 'short circuit' on the roof of the train. The roof as well as his body was burning.
This isn't the only tragedy to befall so-called 'train surfers' - last year a man was decapitated in North Carolina while riding atop a passenger train.
The Metro reported that 24-year-old Varcy Locklear was killed when the vehicle went under a bridge. His body was discovered on the same day of the incident - 30 October - in Enfield about 128 miles away from the passing.
The train itself was Charlotte to New York Amtrak route. Spokesperson for the train company, Kimberly Woods, said: "Service on an Amtrak train was temporarily suspended at the request of local law enforcement.
stupid is supposed to hurt!
Think of it as Evolution In Action ...
Being a non-twitter, no social media presence, I often wonder if there is a #me for the selfie craze.
Clearly, they need to outlaw new pantographs and confiscate the ones currently running wild out there...
This thread is useless without pictures.
Theres a bunch of funny movie gifs that could be in this thread.
-Top Secret where the enormous man crashes through the bridge unscathed while standing on top of the train.
-Speed, the Dennis Hopper decapitation scene.
-Mission Impossible to name a few.
“Other ‘train surfers’ have expressed concern for Anya Morozova, 20, who has been missing since the incident and whose phone is off.”
4000 volts would turn off most phones, wouldn’t it?
Darwin will not be denied.
Hopefully he didn’t breed.
This happened to a high school classmate. Got toasted while trying to steal something from the top of a passenger train. Batteries maybe?
I only feel sorry for the people whose trip was delayed by these idiots.
Loved that book.
it stinks all the time LOL
Face plant,,,,
I am not on twitter, but I would not be surprised if there were a #me tag
Except this guy went through the Red Hot Chili Pepper’s four debauched stages in a matter of micro-seconds.
Now those people I would have some sympathy for
Sand,,
Planets,,,
Ouch,My Head!
Hmmm...a new kind of Zot...
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