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After a man fell at a railroad crossing, the police looked for passers-by who did not help the man out of the life-threatening situation.
The 58-year-old was hit in the head on Wednesday in Willich on the Lower Rhine by a lowering railway barrier and fell between the barrier and the track bed, as the police announced on Thursday.
He was still lying there when the alarmed ambulance crew arrived.
A man and two women also remained inactive when a train approached the level crossing and the train driver sounded acoustic warning signals.
The train narrowly missed the man.
While the rescue workers were pulling the 58-year-old out of the danger zone and helping him, the three passers-by quietly made off.
The 58-year-old was cared for in a hospital, but was able to leave it again after treatment.
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Note:
In an earlier version of the article we incorrectly reported that the incident happened in Lower Saxony.
Please excuse the mistake.