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The car got stuck when the man tried to move it off the tracks after seeing an approaching goods train
Screegrab of the video in which the man, said to be drunk, can be seen driving his SUV on to railway tracks in Jaipur to shoot a reel. (Image: X/@sangramsingh_95)
A man was arrested on Monday for driving a Mahindra Thar on a railway track in Rajasthan’s Jaipur. The man, who was reportedly drunk, took his SUV onto railway tracks to shoot a reel for social media.
According to the video going viral on social media, the man can be seen trying to remove the vehicle from the railway tracks as police officials along with several people were standing next to the car.
However, trouble began for a man after his car got stuck when he tried to take it off the tracks on seeing an approaching goods train. Fortunately, the loco pilot was managed to stop the train in time. No one was injured in the incident.
According to NDTVsome people helped the driver pull out his car from the tracks, following which he quickly reversed it for about 20-30 metres to get it on the road and fled. In the process, the driver hit and injured three people.
Following this, the police chased and arrested the driver. The police has also seized the car.
Notably, this is not the first time when a person risked his life to shoot a reel on railway tracks. Several people in the past have been killed or sustained serious injuries after being hit by a train while recording videos for social media.
