A thrill-seeking teenager attempting to take a selfie with an oncoming train as a backdrop was handed a valuable life lesson when the conductor stuck out a foot and knocked him in the head.
“Wow, that guy just kicked me in the head!” the teen, Jared Michael, said in a video he made of the risky act, the New York Post reported.
The video shows the teen, outfitted with earbuds, staring directly into the camera lens — and then here comes the foot.
But perhaps the lesson of the need to paying attention to one’s surroundings was lost on him. His comment, post-whack: “I think I got that on film!”
Jared said he was a “safe distance” from the train, but apparently not safe enough. The video shows the conductor didn’t have to stick his leg out that far to make contact.
• Cheryl K. Chumley can be reached at cchumley@washingtontimes.com.
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