Clinging to a train and crashing into a tunnel while taking pictures...女 tourists in their 30s are seriously injured
Mar 14, 2025
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According to Chinese media such as Tencent News, a 35-year-old Chinese tourist who traveled to Sri Lanka on the 9th (local time) hit the wall of the Idagasena Tunnel while taking pictures on a train from Nanu Oya to Badula.
She is said to be in critical condition with serious head and leg injuries.
Her head was found to have hit a tunnel wall while she leaned out of the running train and took a selfie.
Local authorities said many travelers often hang on to running trains and take pictures, which is a very dangerous act and urged them to refrain.
Earlier in December last year, another Chinese female tourist visiting Sri Lanka was unconscious after being hit by a tree branch while leaning out of a running train to film a video. Fortunately, she suffered only minor injuries.
Also in February this year, a 53-year-old Russian female tourist died after falling off a train while leaning in to take a picture.
The Sri Lankan train line is famous for passing picturesque landscapes such as tea farms, lush forests, and mountainous terrain.
In response, many videos taken with their heads or bodies sticking out from trains are posted on Chinese social media.
Netizens are saying, "It's reckless to risk your life for a photograph"", "Let's not copy it"", "Tourism photography becomes a portrait photograph." be posting comments such as.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
