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A 21-year-old Chorley man who put hundreds of lives at risk by standing in front of an oncoming train could face up to two years behind bars.
Andrew Ogden, of Great Meadow in Astley Village, Lancashire, was walking across the Rylands level crossing in Chorley with three friends when he stopped on the tracks and started waving his arms at the train, which was travelled at around 50mph, Chorley magistrates heard.
Ogden jumped out of the way of the Manchester to Blackpool train at the very last second as it travelled over the Rylands crossing - leading both his friends and the driver to believe he had been hit.
The father-of-one admitted that he had been drinking before the offence, on July 14 this year, and thought the whole thing would be "a bit of a laugh".
The train driver, who had spotted Ogden on the track, sounded his horn and applied the emergency brakes, but was convinced that he had hit someone.
Ogden pleaded guilty to obstruction without intent and will be sentenced at Preston Crown Court on January 7.
See Saturday's Lancashire Evening Post for the full story.
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