Jared Frank's selfie of head kick from train makes him YouTube star
A Saskatchewan man who just wanted to take a selfie in front of a train has become an internet sensation, after he was kicked in the head by someone on a speeding locomotive.
A YouTube video shows Jared Frank in what is believed to be Peru, taking a video selfie while standing in front of a passing train.
A split second later, he takes a boot to the noggin from someone at the front of the train with black shoes and wearing a uniform — apparently a conductor. The blow leaves Frank uninjured but reeling.
"Wow, that guy kicked me in the head," he is heard saying in the video that has received more than five million views after two days.
"I tried to take a selfie while a train passed a 'safe' distance behind. I guess I was still too close and got kicked in the head," Frank said on his YouTube page, where he goes by "Jared Michael."
Frank, who is originally from Cupar, is a manager in training at Jump.ca, the Saskatchewan internet service company.
Newspapers, websites and television stations around the world have run the clip.
One newspaper article suggested it's a hoax that could possibly run on the Jimmy Kimmel television talk show in a day or so.
Other people said the train "conductor" could have killed him, while still others say preventing Frank from being struck by metal from the train might have saved his life.
