Train Passengers experienced a moment of fear on the way from Vienna to Neunkirchen on Saturday, when the window dismantled with a loud bang just before Wiener Neustadt. According to the ÖBB, a stone that was thrown uncomfortably on the train or was on the tracks would be the reason for this.
A loud bang, a short moment of fright. After those fearful and questioning faces: “What happened here?”, A group of friends who went home from a train from Vienna to Neunkirchen to Neunkirchen last Saturday afternoon. After the bang, the entire side window of the allocation section was suddenly completely dissected.
“It sounded like a shot”
The scary incident happened just before Wiener Neustadt, around 6.30 pm. “It listened to a shot,” reports Mrs. U. Immediately the group tried to find a conductor on the train to report the incident. “But nobody was wide and side to see,” confirms a fellow traveler. When getting out, the group also viewed the damaged window from outside from the outside. “It seems that someone had thrown a brick in the moving train and caught our window,” explains Mrs. U.
Lately more willing attacks
The damage was also assessed by the ÖBB. The provisional result of the investigation: “According to the current assessment, the disc was destroyed by a stone. It was thrown against the moving train or intentionally placed on the track and lifted by an oncoming train and thrown against the train with considerable force.”
A targeted shooting with a weapon can be excluded. According to a train spokesperson, there have been more and more attacks lately: “Such actions have not only endangered our car material, but above all represent a serious security risk for our passengers.”
ÖBB: Security has top priority
Numerous prevention measures such as random checks or the use of street workers on certain trains are intended to combat vandalism in the wagons. Of course: against deliberate stones lobes from outside, these precautions can hardly do anything. However, from the ÖBB side, people emphasize: “The security and good ones of our passengers have a top priority for us”.
Source: Krone
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