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SkyTrain-straddling social media stunt sparks B.C. police investigation

Police say ‘extremely dangerous’ stunt could land daredevil fines or criminal charges
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Screenshots taken from an April 8, 2024 Instagram video show a social media stunt person perched between two train cars while riding the SkyTrain through Vancouver. (Instagram/nightrunner45)

Transit police are investigating after a social media daredevil posted a video earlier this month of himself straddling two SkyTrain cars while riding through Vancouver.

The video, posted to Instagram by an account called “nightrunner45” on April 8, shows the man standing on the train’s coupling – the mechanism that connects two cars – while the tracks speed by underneath. Shifting his camera upward, the poster shows he’s riding toward Rogers Arena and the Stadium-Chinatown Station.

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