Watch: Skateboarder hitches ride on back of fast-moving Wellington passenger train

He estimated the train was travelling at 80km/h as the unidentified skateboarder – Wellington Harbour to his left, motorists to his right – raised his skateboard into the air and appeared to yell in delight upon realising he was being filmed.

“We saw a police car with its siren on going towards the next station and we realised somebody had probably called them already,” the witness said.

Police were alerted to someone riding dangerously on the outside of a Hutt Valley train travelling towards Wellington about 8pm, a spokesman said.

“The man got off at Ngauranga Station, but left before police could locate him. He is lucky not to have been injured or electrocuted by the overhead wires, and put his life at risk for no benefit.”

Police wanted to hear from anyone with information about the incident, the spokesman said.

“Please update us online now or call 105, using the reference number P061545732”

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