Rail News - 2 Fatalities (Purley and Worthing)

[Rougvie]

A new one reeled in every day...........

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

You know that and I know that but it's the law, At least it can be done by paramedics these days because there was a time when we had to wait for an on call doctor to pronounce the person as dead.

I didnt know that paramedics can do that now - nurses still can't.

 

[DC Rules]

From the Argus website:

Trains delayed after man dies on line
By Rachel Pegg
A man died after jumping from a railway bridge at a train station. The man, who has not yet been named by police, was seen throwing himself off a footbridge at Durrington station, near Worthing, at lunchtime today. A spokeswoman from British Transport Police said: "We got a call at 1.10pm from a member of the public who had seen a male jump from a railway bridge above the line. "He wasn't hit by a train or the electrified rail. He died as a result of his injuries." She said the death was not being treated as suspicious. Officers were making inquiries about the man's identity. She said: "Investigations are continuing. A report will be prepared for the coroner." The railway line was closed until 1.50pm. A spokeswoman for Southern trains said services were brought to a standstill. Trains from Brighton to Littlehampton were affected, as well as trains from London to Littlehampton or Southampton via Hove. Also today (tues) a man died on the line at Purley, near Croydon. The death at 10.43am was not being treated as suspicious. The line was closed until 11.34am. Some Sussex-bound trains were affected.

 

[British Bulldog]

I didnt know that paramedics can do that now - nurses still can't.

They've been doing it with railway fatalities for a few years now but I would'nt know if they're power extends beyond that, At the end of the day it was a pointless waste of a doctors valuable time anyway.

 

[mona]

Here's a money spinner for Southern, why not run a special train on say a bank holiday on an old disused line and call it the Suicide Express, that way none of us 'sane' commuters are inconvenienced by worthless nutjobs whose sole intention is to disrupt our day to day business.

Southern could charge a nominal fee for the jumpers, but a PREMIUM fee for those wanting to watch, film it, then subsequently post the video on You Tube, for which again Southern could claim the royalties then bring out a DVD.

It could even lead in the long run to lower fares if they make enough.

 

[dougdeep]

They don't give a toss about the driver.

 

[British Bulldog]

They don't give a toss about the driver.

I very much doubt they give a toss about anybody when they do it. Drivers do get f***ed up by it though and it's not a position i'd want to be in watching somebody smiling and waving at you as they put themself in front of your train.

 

[Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews]

They don't give a toss about the driver.

I agree, but some poor bastard whose life is so f#cked up he or or she has taken what can only be described as the ultimate step and ended it all gets some sympathy from me, but yes so does the mother/lover/son/daughter/driver etc.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

They don't give a toss about the driver.

One would imagine they are not thinking clearly. My brother-in-law works on the cliffs/beach near Beachy Head and he has come across many a dead body. It is sad that these people feel no other option but to end their life and I am sure they do not consider the ramifications of their actions as if you were sane, then you would not take your own life!

 

[CHAPPERS]

How far would a body fly if these LIVE SPASTICS timed their jump well enough that the train collided with the body while it was in mid air?

 

[British Bulldog]

I agree, but some poor bastard whose life is so f#cked up he or or she has taken what can only be described as the ultimate step and ended it all gets some sympathy from me, but yes so does the mother/lover/son/daughter/driver etc.

To be honest from the position I work in the last person you tend to think about with these incidents is the suicide victim, I'm sure they've got their reasons for doing it and it's a sad way to end a life but there are times I wish it was'nt in full view of other people.

 

[British Bulldog]

How far would a body fly if these LIVE SPASTICS timed their jump well funny that the train collided with the body while it was in mid air?

Thats when the body tends to explode and it happens quite often.

 

[CHAPPERS]

EXPLODE!

 

[British Bulldog]

EXPLODE!

Yeah bodies do actualy explode on impact with a train sometimes, We had one a few years ago and they were pulling body parts down from the station roof and then the fire brigade had to hose down the whole station afterwards. It's not like getting run over by a car where you tend to end up broken but in one piece, You get wollaped by a train & you end up spread over a fair distance. Often the most difficult body part to find is the head, Sometimes it will just explode into tiny bits and other times it can be found a couple of hundred yards up the line where it's been knocked off and bounced along like a football.

 

[CHAPPERS]

YUK

 

[Easy 10]

So HAS anyone heard from Adrie lately ?

 

[Yorkie]

2 have jumped off the cliffs this week

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/loca...525.0.pair_found_dead_at_bottom_of_cliffs.php

 

[Mendoza]

There were 11 fatalities in Bridgetown today too

 

[British Bulldog]

YUK

Exactly why I have great sympathy with train drivers involved in fatalities, It's no fun trying to talk to a driver when he's got body parts splattered all over the front of his train it tends to screw them up a bit. Thankfully I only have to deal with it from the end of a phone these days but I've seen my share of them and trust me they are not a pretty sight. But other poor sods still have to go out shovelling up the pieces and pulling body parts out from the bogie.

 

[Bry Nylon]

But other poor sods still have to go out shovelling up the pieces and pulling body parts out from the bogie.

Possibly one of the worst things we get called on to do. Its not all snooker and cats stuck up trees, unfortunately.