Passengers cling to German high-speed train after smoke breaks

Witnesses alerted officials and they contacted the driver of the train, which stopped at Kinding in Upper Bavaria. The intercity express was on a six-hour journey to the northern city of Lübeck.

The man, a Hungarian national, told police he left his luggage on the train while smoking and didn’t want to be separated.

He was “amazingly” unharmed after the daredevil ride, a police spokesman said.

“A police officer from the state police who happened to be traveling with the train found the 40-year-old Hungarian ‘passenger’ and brought him to the train,” said the spokesman, adding that he was handed over to the federal police. Nuremberg central station.

The man is now being investigated for benefit fraud.

He is also expected to face charges for “conduct that interferes with operations”, which is classified as an administrative offence.

Federal police are warning the public not to risk their lives on German trains.