Boy, 17, surfs train for three miles
12 April 2012
A 17-year-old boy narrowly escaped death after falling from a train in Essex after clinging to its side for three miles in temperatures of minus 6C.
The teenager, from Basildon, jumped onto the c2c train's side at Leigh-on-Sea, and a passenger saw him fall off as it pulled into Benfleet station.
The boy was taken to hospital in Southend with head and back injuries but is believed to be in a stable condition.
