Roy Atkinson sent this, asking, "Yeah, but did he pass?"

The 22-year-old and his driving examiner made a hurried escape from the car when its engine cut out as it straddled the railway tracks near The Hague, police said.

The car was first dragged 150 meters along the rails by one train, then pulled the other way by a train heading in the opposite direction.

No one was injured, but train services between The Hague and Rotterdam have been severely delayed.