Man fined 20K for jumping onto metro tracks for headphone
A 39-year-old man jumped onto the tracks at Moscow's 'University of Peoples' Friendship' metro station to retrieve a fallen headphone, resulting in his arrest and a 20,000 ruble fine for violating transport safety and public order laws.
Consensus
- The incident occurred at the 'University of Peoples' Friendship' station on the Troitskaya line of the Moscow Metro.
- The man was 39 years old and a resident of Moscow.
- He jumped onto the tracks behind the last carriage of a stopped train.
- He did so to retrieve a fallen headphone.
- No injuries were reported.
- Police arrived at the scene and detained the man.
- An administrative case was filed against him under Article 20.1 and Part 3 of Article 11.15.1 of the Russian Code of Administrative Offenses.
- The court fined him 20,000 rubles.
Points of divergence
- The man was detained and taken to a police station where an administrative protocol was drawn up. — vm
- A previous similar incident occurred at 'Kievskaya' station involving a woman who retrieved a phone from the tracks and was arrested for five days. — vm
Coverage (2 sources)
- Moscow metro passenger jumped onto tracks to pick up fallen earphone — РИАМО
- Man jumped onto tracks at Metro station 'University of Peoples Friendship': reason, punishment, details from Ministry of Internal Affairs — Вечерняя Москва