A "mooner" was left red-cheeked when he got his trousers caught in a train door and was dragged half naked along the platform.

He bared his bottom against the window of a departing train, and it left him lying half-naked on the tracks.

Luckily, a passenger had pulled the emergency lever.

The 22-year-old German student pulled the stunt when employees in Lauenbruck caught him travelling without a ticket. The stunt caused severe delays and rail staff said he was lucky to survive.

"It's a miracle he wasn't badly hurt," the spokesman said. "This sort of thing can end up killing you."

Belfast Telegraph