Hamburg (dpa / lno) - A 19-year-old was hit by a train on Saturday night on a S-Bahn bridge in the Hamburg district of Othmarschen and was seriously injured.

The young man met with friends on the bridge in Alexander-Zinn-Strasse, said a police spokesman on Saturday morning.

The group is said to have also drunk alcohol.

The 19-year-old fell on the tracks and was hit by an approaching S-Bahn.

He was taken to the hospital with serious injuries.