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Whale Tail Sculpture Saves Train From Plunge 30 Feet To The Ground

A wrecked metro train at the end of the platform was reportedly ‘rescued’ by a work of art from plunging down. According to Mirror UK, the incident at De Akkers station in Spijkenisse, the Netherlands, occurred after the train crashed through a barrier.

However, the metro train was rescued by a large sculpture near the barrier. The train will slide about 10 meters down if it is not ‘caught’ by the large sculpture called ‘Saved by a Whale’s tail’.

Picture: Mirror UK/@010fotograaf

The driver of the vehicle who was also the only person in it managed to escape and did not suffer any injuries.

Although it works well and as a back-up train barrier, the artwork is not designed and built to be used with that function.

However, it is still unclear how the accident could have happened.

Picture: Mirror UK/@010fotograaf

“There are two tails. If the metro had hit that other tail, I think it would have fallen through,” said Maarten Struijs, the artist who created the sculpture.

“Sure, it looks poetic, but it’s really a stroke of luck that the train is carried by the tail,” he added.

Source: Mirror UK

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