This is the dangerous moment three men launch themselves from a moving train into the Danube from a Bridge over a river.
Instagram user “Crazy Banana” posted the video of the horrifying stunt which shows the self-proclaimed adrenaline junkies leaping from the roof of an underground train at full speed at it went over a bridge over the Danube River in the Austrian capital of Vienna.
Video credit: CEN/@crazybananajumping – CRAZY BANANA JUMPING
Commentators noticed that there could have been ships or swimmers in the river below and that the jumpers had risked not just their lives but the lives of others as well.
Online commentator ‘max_meyer’ said: “Risking their lives or the lives of others for a few seconds of fame – madness.”
Video credit: CEN/@crazybananajumping – CRAZY BANANA JUMPING
Wiener Linien who run the Vienna Underground have pressed charges against the three men who are yet to be identified for breaking railway laws.
Kathrin Liener, press Spokesperson for Wiener Linien said: “If passengers witness such life endangering stunts, we appeal for them to report it immediately.”
“If you value you life, you should not copy this in any way.”
The video has been viewed 32,436 views since it was published on September 1st and is one of several showing the Vienna underground train surfers that have surfaced lately.
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Story By: Kathryn Quinn, Sub-Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News
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