Local authorities in Hang Bong Ward, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi issued an administrative violation record against the owner of a railway-side café after one of his patrons rushed onto the tracks to pose for pictures while a train was approaching.

The ward administration also proposed fining the café owner, P.N.H., a resident in Hang Bong Ward, VND7.5 million (US$296) as he failed to register his business, a leader of the administration in Hoan Kiem District told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on Tuesday.

According to the district government, the woman’s act was dangerous, threatening her life and railway traffic safety.

On Tuesday morning, a video of the woman rushing onto the tracks to pose for photos while a train was coming went viral on social media.

The case was later identified to have happened on a section of a famed trackside café street where coffee shops are just inches from the active railway in Hang Bong Ward on Monday.

Before the train approached, the residents and owners of coffee shops there asked visitors to sit in safe places.

However, the woman suddenly ran to the tracks and stood on them to pose for pictures.

P.N.H. immediately pushed her off of the tracks.

The administration in Hoan Kiem District later asked the authorities in Hang Bong, Cua Nam, Cua Dong, Hang Ma, and Dong Xuan Wards, through which the railway passes, to enhance patrols and strictly levy sanctions against those encroaching on the railway safety corridor.

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