Off the rails: Mystery man steals, crashes Moscow train
Why steal a car when you can jack a whole train? A man in the Moscow Region did just that, crashing the locomotive into the nearby carriage of another train and causing destruction on the rails.
The incident happened in the town of Lobnya on Tuesday night, the
press service of Moscow Railways told the local media.
“An unidentified man penetrated into the train driver’s cab
at Lobnya Railway Depot, started driving the train and then
disappeared,” the company’s statement said.
The hijacker then lost control of the train and the moving
vehicle crashed into another train, according to a preliminary
investigation.
Ночная вечеринка в депо Лобня. Одни говорят, что хотели угнать, а другие - что это просто хулиганство. pic.twitter.com/6HdiGqtETS
— Александр Марьянович (@Sanya6213) October 21, 2014
The first carriage of the hijacked train was badly damaged and
the train which was ‘rammed’ was derailed and slightly damaged.
“The person then disappeared from the crime scene,”
added Moscow Railways.
Nobody was killed or injured in the incident, which didn’t affect
train operations.
Transport police are currently searching for the ‘train driver’
with police dogs.
On January 1, 2013, a 30-year-old man decided to hijack a train
while intoxicated in the city of Mytishchi, Moscow Region. He
crashed into another train carting gasoline. The damage bill ran
to more than 2 million rubles ($48 837).
Неужели правда? "@Roman_Yhnovec: Неизвестный пытался УГНАТЬ ЭЛЕКТРИЧКУ со станции Лобня pic.twitter.com/mn0lsuVlGe "
— Elena Mikhailova (@ElenaMikhailova) October 21, 2014
#Долгопрудный публикует пресс-релиз МЖД о происшествии в депо #Лобняhttp://t.co/oisEvkW3eZpic.twitter.com/zJWvTPs2Ap
— Долгопрудный (@InfoDolgoprudny) October 22, 2014
