A heart-stopping picture shows a group of children dangling from a railway bridge while another shows two young girls dancing in front of an oncoming train. CCTV has been released as part of a hard-hitting campaign following a spate of worrying incidents on railway lines in the East Midlands this summer.
In one CCTV clip a group of teens clamber through a metal spiked fence and shuffle across a narrow ledge of a bridge just feet away from the 25,000 volt overhead power lines. One boy in a pink t-shirt is seen appearing to egg on his friend, who grabs onto the top of the bridge before leaning back to show-off or take a selfie.
Three more boys, including the lad in the pink t-shirt, then squeeze through the gap in the fence to join their pals on the bridge. British Transport Police (BTP), Network Rail and East Midlands Railway (EMR) have urged parents to warn children of the dangers of playing near train lines.
