Overview

• The incident occurred on May 14, 2025, near Meckelfeld in the Harburg district, when a freight train driver spotted the man lying on a neighboring track at 14:06.
• The man later admitted to smoking a joint in a nearby garden allotment, losing his orientation, and unknowingly falling asleep on the tracks.
• The train driver stopped the freight train, secured the area, and brought the man into the locomotive cab for safety, where he fell asleep again.
• The Federal Police initiated administrative offense proceedings and warned the man about the deadly dangers of being in track areas.
• The temporary track closure caused delays to 18 trains, resulting in a total of 267 minutes of service disruption.