Don’t get any ideas — a person who appears to have been sitting on the rear ledge of a moving MAX train may face legal consequences.

KOIN News first posted the video Tuesday afternoon, which appears to show a person clad in black perching on the back of the outside of the train, which is moving past the transit center platform at the Northeast 82nd Avenue MAX station.

TriMet spokeswoman Tia York said in a written statement that TriMet had pulled the footage from security cameras and was launching a full investigation.

“Riding on the outside of a MAX train is unsafe, reckless and illegal,” York said. “MAX trains are powered with high-voltage electricity and travel at speeds up to 55 miles per hour. This behavior is not only dangerous, it could be deadly and it could cause harm — physical or mental — to others.”

York asked anyone with information about the incident to contact Portland police.

If TriMet confirms that the video shows a person perching on the back of a train, it wouldn’t be the first time someone illegally hitched a ride on a MAX train. In January, an OregonLive reader took video of someone holding onto the back of a MAX train and riding a skateboard.

—Jayati Ramakrishnan; 503-221-4320; jramakrishnan@oregonian.com; @JRamakrishnanOR

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