{"id":2475577,"date":"2025-08-17T08:30:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T12:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-clings-to-high-speed-train-after-poorly-timed-smoke-break-now-facing-deportation\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T08:31:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T12:31:22","slug":"man-clings-to-high-speed-train-after-poorly-timed-smoke-break-now-facing-deportation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-clings-to-high-speed-train-after-poorly-timed-smoke-break-now-facing-deportation\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Clings to High-Speed Train After Poorly Timed Smoke Break \u2013 Now Facing Deportation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fman-clings-to-high-speed-train-after-poorly-timed-smoke-break-now-facing-deportation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2475577&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A 24-year-old Algerian man living illegally in Austria survived a harrowing incident after stepping off a high-speed train in Austria for a cigarette break. When teh train departed unexpectedly, leaving him behind on the platform, he desperately clung to the exterior cables between two train cars as the train sped at up to 170 mph for about 20 miles. The train crew stopped the Vienna-bound train after hearing his attempts to get their attention. Upon arrival, the man was arrested and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desperate-france-set-to-violate-european-court-of-human-rights-to-deport-dangerous-foreigners\/\" title=\"France to defy European Court of Hu... Rights, deport &#039;dangerous&#039; foreigners.\">detained pending deportation<\/a>, also facing legal consequences from the railway. Austrian authorities condemned the act as dangerously irresponsible. Similar incidents have occurred elsewhere in Europe, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >highlighting ongoing issues related<\/a> to illegal immigration and risky passenger behavior on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/coronavirus-panic-china-quarantines-entire-trains-heading-into-beijing\/\" title=\"Coronavirus Panic: China Quarantines Entire ...s Heading into Beijing\">high-speed trains<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<div id=\"ld-4686-3758\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:14832835450050406,size:[0, 0],id:\"ld-4686-3758\"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.decide.dev\/_js\/ajs.js\";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,\"script\",\"ld-ajs\");<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Improvising a cigarette break while traveling by high-speed train is rarely a good idea. Doing it while traveling in Austria and living there illegally is downright dumb.<\/p>\n<p>A man who apparently thought the train&rsquo;s station break would be a good time to step off for a smoke found out otherwise when the train took off while he was still on the platform, according to news reports.<\/p>\n<p>The man leaped onto the linking area between two cars, then spent the next 20 miles clinging to cables for his life while the train sped along at up to 170 mph. Now, he finds himself headed out of the country.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A man has survived clinging to the outside of a moving Austrian high-speed train, Austria&rsquo;s state railway said Sunday &mdash; reportedly after it left while he was having a cigarette break.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S1JzYoKSqt\">https:\/\/t.co\/S1JzYoKSqt<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WOopP2LE3D\">pic.twitter.com\/WOopP2LE3D<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; AFP News Agency (@AFP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AFP\/status\/1954686701353521451?\">August 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The crew stopped the Vienna-bound train after being alerted by the man&rsquo;s banging on the windows, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/man-clings-austrian-high-speed-205704198.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Agence France-Presse<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities with the Austrian state rail system, OBB, were not amused by the July 9 incident.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is irresponsible, this kind of thing usually ends up with someone dying,&rdquo; spokesman Herbert Hofer told the AFP.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And you&rsquo;re not just putting yourself in danger, if you end up under the train there&rsquo;s rescuers, there&rsquo;s police, fire service that come.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The man, identified only as a 24-year-old Algerian, according to AFP, was arrested when the train reached Vienna &mdash; seven minutes behind schedule.<\/p>\n<p>The Austrian tabloid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heute.at\/s\/gepaeck-an-bord-darum-sprang-mann-auf-fahrenden-zug-120124089\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heute<\/a> (&ldquo;Today&rdquo; in English) reported that the man lacked official residency papers.<\/p>\n<p>He was placed in a detention center pending deportation, Heute reported. He also faces &ldquo;legal consequences from the railway.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>(As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/austrias-rightward-shift-puts-immigration-crosshairs-2024-09-30\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters reported<\/a> in September, the hot political issue of illegal immigration gave the Austrian Freedom Party a huge boost among voters. It&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/italian-pm-meloni-travels-us-give-un-dire-warning-illegal-immigration-doubles-italy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an issue<\/a> throughout <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-beachgoers-take-matters-hands-boatload-illegal-aliens-washes-ashore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Western Europe<\/a>; it&rsquo;s not just in the United States with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trumps-aggressive-crackdown-illegal-immigration-saving-american-lives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Donald Trump<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Strange as it might seem, it isn&rsquo;t the first time a passenger has had to be rescued after jumping back onto a high-speed train after getting off for an ill-timed cigarette.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s not even the first time this year.<\/p>\n<p>In January, according to the U.K.&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/jan\/17\/man-unscathed-after-clinging-to-outside-of-german-high-speed-train-for-30km\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Guardian<\/a>, a man was arrested after doing the same thing on a train in southern Germany.<\/p>\n<p>In that case, though, the man was Hungarian.<\/p>\n<p>And he was reportedly traveling without a train ticket.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Doing so illegally while in Austria is even more foolish. A man who assumed the train&#8217;s stop at a station was a good moment to step off for a smoke quickly learned otherwise when the train departed without him. He then clung to the area between two cars and held on to cables for 20 miles as the train sped up to 170 mph. 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