Emergency services rushed to treat the 16-year-old on the morning of Saturday, June 13, after he fell during a “train-surfing” stunt – he was rushed to hospital with serious injuries
A teenager is fighting for his life after falling from a moving train while “surfing”.
Emergency services rushed to treat the 16-year-old on the morning of Saturday, June 13 after he fell during a “train-surfing” stunt gone wrong in Sydney, Australia.
It is understood that the boy was attempting to “train-surf”, a dangerous stunt where people ride on the outside of a moving train.
The teen fell from the side of a moving carriage onto the tracks between St Peters and Sydenham stations in Sydney’s inner west.
He was treated by New South Wales Ambulance workers at the scene for serious head and arm injuries before being rushed to Royal Price Alfred Hotel.
He is in a critical, but stable condition, Australian news site news.com.au reported.
“Officers attached to Inner West Police Area Command attended and were told a 16-year-old boy had fallen from a train compartment onto the tracks,” NSW Police said.
Police are investigating the incident, which has caused significant disruption to rail services.
The Daily Telegraph reported that the incident occurred on a Tangara model train, known as a T-set.
This train type is at the centre of a government crackdown into the controversial “train-surfing” trend.
The New South Wales government announced a pledge last year to fit all of the double-decker T-set trains with anti-surfing devices by the end of 2026.
