California ‘train surfers’ raise alarm as social media clout drives dangerous and life-threatening stunts

Wiley Jawhary of FOX 5 San Diego opened his report with a blunt reality that’s getting harder to ignore: the race for likes and views is pushing some people into stunts that are straight-up dangerous and life-threatening.

Anchors Zara Barker and Phil Blauer introduced the video the way most viewers probably felt in the moment – shocked that anyone would even try it. They said two real-life “subway surfers” were caught riding on top of a COASTER train, and that the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department got involved after it was all captured on video.

Jawhary said sheriff’s deputies were told two individuals were spotted on top of a moving COASTER train Friday evening. He stressed that it wasn’t just reckless, it was illegal…

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