Caught on camera: Moment teenager risks death by lying on track as train hurtles overhead

A teenager with a death-wish has filmed himself lying on a railway track as a speeding train drives straight over him.

In a sick twist of the game "chicken", the youth places himself flat out on the sleepers before a train hones into view behind him.

He remains motionless as it hurtles over his head, leaving him just inches from death - with the whole episode videoed to show off later.

Amazingly, he escapes entirely unharmed but lies still after the train has passed to ensure another one is not on its way.

After checking behind him, he raises his arm to the camera - thought to be in his mobile phone - in triumph before standing up and nonchalantly walking off.

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The video on YouTube is thought to be part of a sick twist on "chicken", in which teenagers are now seeking to outdo each other with their daredevil stunts.

Internet sites have been flooded with footage of dangerous games which see youngsters vying with each other by risking their lives.

Police have warned that people will die unless the activity stops.

And the British Transport Police has warned that anyone caught performing such a stunt on railtracks would be prosecuted.

A transport source said: "All it would take is for something to be hanging from the train and it could take a limb - or a head - clean off.

"It is surely only a matter of time before someone ends up dead."