WATCH: Man Clings To Windshield Wiper Of High-Speed Train In Australia

A man in Australia was caught on camera pulling a dangerous stunt by clinging to the outside of a moving train in Perth on Sunday afternoon.

According to reports, the 23-year-old whose name was not revealed was arrested after he climbed onto the rear end of a train before it left a suburban station. It had reached speeds of up to 68 mph as the man clung to it.

In the video caught by motorists on the road beside the tracks, the man can be seen holding onto the windshield wiper of the train as it speeds past.

According to David Hynes, spokesperson for the Public Transport Authority (PTA): "He was clinging on to a windscreen wiper — were he to fall it's a very unfriendly and unreceptive surface with ballast and rail and concrete sleepers, he would have almost certainly been killed, if not badly injured."

ABC News reported that an employee of Main Roads — an agency of the government of Western Australia that is responsible for implementing the state's policies on road access and main roads — spotted the man around 4:30 p.m. local time while monitoring traffic, on Saturday between Leederville and Glendalough stations and immediately informed the PTA.

The transportation authority said the train was close to Glendalough Station where it was supposed to stop, by the time they could react. He was detained after the train arrived at the next stop by PTA officers who had monitored his movement on CCTV cameras, CBC News reported.

Hynes added that it was the first time the PTA was notified of a train surfer during the act. "In all other instances it generally goes up on Facebook or on the internet, on YouTube after the event," he said. "They want to get on YouTube, they want mainstream publicity so they don't try to get themselves caught, so we don't often know about it until it's well after the event.”

Transport Minister Rita Saffioti said an investigation would be launched into the incident, including the decision of PTA authorities to let the train continue on to the station when they knew there was a man clinging to the train. "People shouldn't be acting stupidly around our rail line, these are serious pieces of infrastructure and they can cause death and of course they can cause serious injuries," she said.

The man was taken to a hospital for a mental health assessment and is likely to face charges for trespassing on PTA property.