Runaway train rolls out of Moroccan station without driver

Driver returns to empty track as his train rolls away. Image by Adam Sporka / CC BY 2.0

A passenger train with 20 people on board rolled out of a station in Kenitra, Morocco and travelled 1.5km along the tracks without a driver — who had nipped out for a coffee. The train was due to go to Rabat, but rolled in the opposite direction towards Fez before grinding to a halt. When the driver returned from his coffee break, he was “surprised to find the train had moved.” Read more: ibtimes.co.uk