CCTV footage has been released of a cyclist being hit by a high-speed train in Poland in a bid to show the dangers of ignoring red lights and barriers at level crossings.
In the footage, a 26-year-old cyclist is seen riding at speed along a road, but the minute he reaches the tracks between a level crossing he is hit by a high-speed train and thrown several metres off the road.
The man lands on the ground, appearing lifeless, while a driver at the level crossing rushes out of their car to aid him. The cyclist was taken to hospital but reportedly only suffered minor injuries.
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He is also understood to have been fined £120 for ignoring a red light, Sky News reports.
The incident happened on 5 November but the CCTV footage was recently released by the railway company Polskie Koleje Panstwowe as a lesson for others.
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A man under a train
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This terrifying clip of a baby rolling off a station platform in its stroller and disappearing beneath an oncoming train in Melbourne is absolutely heart stopping. Thankfully the baby escaped with nothing more serious than a few bruises
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A policeman narrowly avoids being mown down by a rogue car amid standstill traffic
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Some people just don't read signs. Or at least the guy that leapt over the fence to risk his life on the train tracks evidently didn't
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Always look when you cross the road! This man came desperately close to meeting his maker when he was nearly squashed by an out of control bus
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This terrifying piece of footage filmed from the front of a train sees a dare devil motorcyclist speed past the oncoming locomotive with nanoseconds to spare
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A forklift driver in a Vodka warehouse crashes into the side of a huge stack of boxes and is crushed beneath the collapsing pile
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As if hurling yourself from a plane wasn't terrifying enough, this guy came dangerously close to falling onto another aeroplane midway through his fall
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An imperfectly made ghost costume consisting of a polythene bag gets the better of the guy on the left and you watch in agony of amusement and then real fear as he appears to suffocate beneath the plastic, sticking his arm out of his only air hole and making unholy sounds
Miroslaw Siemieniec, a spokesperson for the company, said in a statement: “This was a lesson in how not to cross the tracks.
“It’s important for all road users, no matter what their means of transport, to take special care at level crossings,” he said.
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