Earlier this week, two drunk men narrowly escaped the jaws of death after falling onto London Tube tracks and into the path of an oncoming train. The men were play-fighting when they fell, to the horror of others waiting on the Victoria line.
The two men have since been identified as Boguslaw Rybski, 34, and Przemyslaw Zawisza, 26. They were filmed messing about on the platform at Green Park, when events took a dangerous turn as an oncoming train approached. A cheerleading coach named Autumn, who caught the horrific scene on film, told Unilad what happened.
“They were really drunk, and they were making so much noise…My friend told me to Snapchat her a video of them, so I did and then the train started coming. They were play-fighting and scaring each other by pushing near the edge, but they were so drunk. They lost balance and fell in, and then they got saved. My friend thought one of them got stuck in and died because that’s what it looks like in the video. Three guys pulled them out and just the guy’s hoodie fell down and got hit by the train.”
She continued by stating that the two men appeared to go into shock after the near miss: “After they were pulled out they were holding onto each other the whole time,” she said. “When they came out they were just holding onto each other, I guess they thought they were going to die.”
Witnesses later told media that the two men then boarded the train, which remained stationary before the police arrived and arrested the pair 15 minutes later.
TfL’s Director of Transport Policing Steve Burton condemned the men for their dangerous actions, saying: “This behaviour was extremely dangerous and not only put the lives of the men involved at risk, but others on the platform who tried to help. These reckless actions will not be tolerated and the police will take the appropriate action.”
Watch the video below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlrJo3HK8wg
Both men were rightfully charged with endangering the safety of a person conveyed by railway, and are said to appear before Westminster Magistrates Court on April 19
This serves as a warning to all of us, to make ensure that we are all sensible when waiting near the tracks.
For another extremely lucky near miss, check out this article.
