On a high -speed train going to Milan, panic broke out after passengers noticed a red snake crawling on the floor in one of the wagons. All travelers were evacuated and the train reached the target empty. Intelligence – as it turned out later – the reptile hid so that it was necessary to dismantle part of the ventilation in the wagon to get it out.
The incident occurred in a modern high -speed train – Frecciarossa (red arrow), going from Lecce in Apulia in the south Italian to Milan in the north of the country.
Almost halfway the passengers noticed a medium -sized hose on the floor. Panic broke out in the wagon, people escaped from their places. Alarm was raised: Snake on the train.
Evacuation of the train and hunting for a snake
A decision was made to stop the composition at the nearest station in Ankon. At that time, carabiners from the forest guard entered the action equipped with special equipment to capture the snake. Running away from them, he hid in the ventilation hole and could not be out of it.
All passengers were evacuated and left later by another train. Their original composition went to Milan, but empty.
To free the hose, it was necessary to dismantle the part of the ventilation in which he hid. It turned out that it was a harmless cereal hose. It is not known how he got into the wagon.
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