Rioters on tracks: Drunk 66-year-old ensures chaos!

Rioters on tracks: Drunk 66-year-old ensures chaos!

A dramatic scenario occurred on Monday evening, May 5, 2025, when a freight train on the route between Magdeburg and Braunschweig almost caught a reckless 66-year-old. The train driver discovered the alcoholized man at 10:29 p.m. in the track area and immediately initiated a quick braking. Fortunately, the man was not hit, but the Situation led to a shock in the train crew and an immediate emergency report to Deutsche Bahn.

The federal police quickly arrived at the Waves train station and found the drunken on platform two, where he appeared aggressively and had two kitchen knives with him. With a breath alcohol value of 2.47 per thousand, the man was taken into custody and the railway line was closed for several hours. A total of 11 trains suffered from a massive traffic chaos with a delay of 647 minutes. After the alcohol level was reduced, the man was released from the federal police at 2:15 a.m.