In shock

[TarJak]

I've just watched a bloke jump in front of a train. I was waiting for a train at Central and just as a train entered the platform he ran and jumped into its path, hit the front and slid down betwthe tracks. Police and station staff are all over the place and trying to find out if he's alive. Bugger.that was unpleasant. :(

[Pisces]

That's a nasty sight. I hope you'll be able to let it go soon. And sorry for the guy to have made the choice. Sad.

[AVGWarhawk]

Now that is a sight no one wants to see. The fella must have really wanted to end it.

[Reece]

Sorry you had to go through that Grant, just the thought of seeing something like that makes me wanna puke!:cry: How are you handling it?:oops:

[Betonov]

I know how you feel. I rode the train for 3 years when I still studied in Ljubljana and I had to go trough 2 suicides and one accident involving a byciclist. My advice, forget about it and leave the area, the less you see (body, blood and the idiots that always stand out in scenes like this) the better.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Hope you're doing ok :o

[TarJak]

I'm doing OK now. Caught a train on another line and my wife came to pick me up for a station about half an hour from home. Nerves are still a bit raw but will now have a siff drink before heading to bed.

I talked it through in a bit of detail with my wife, I actually think that's helped to process what I saw. Still hard to believe and comprehend why he did it.

[Morts]

I had something similar happen to me, i was going to my dads place, but i was running 30 minutes late, and when i got to the trainstation, i found out someone had killed themself by jumping infront of a train. Had i not been late, i would have been there when it happened.

[HunterICX]

Ouch...yeah that's a sight I wish no one would ever have to see.
take care TJ

HunterICX

[Randomizer]

Glad you were able to talk it out. As a teen I saw a young woman who had been perhaps three or four people away from me throw herself in front of a subway train while I was on my way to school. There were no trauma counsellers around in 1970 so those images stayed with me a very long time and colour my perception of suicide to this day.

Good Luck!

[BossMark]

Hmm very very nasty not a pleasant site, things must be real bad for the guy who\tried to top himself :nope:

[Oberon]

Nasty stuff Tarjak, glad you were able to talk to your wife rather than stewing on it, it'll stick with you a while though, no mistake. I've always felt sorry for the drivers in these kinds of situations, really bad stuff.

[papa_smurf]

Not something you want to see waiting for a train.

[Jimbuna]

That's bad news Grant...suicides can often be a messy business.

Give the missus and both your girls a cuddle...it sometimes helps.

[Madox58]

Grant! That is terrible!
I saw 2 truck drivers get hit by trains years ago in two different accidents
outside of where I worked at the time.
We all ran out to do what we could but it was very bad in one instance.
The other, the driver was very luck and waded away through several feet of female products.
Both sights were very un-nerveing.

Everytime I cross that crossing I kind of flash back somewhat.
I try to avoid going that way if at all possible to this day.
I also can not go down the female products isle at stores any longer!
:o

[TarJak]

Thanks Gents. posting and reading here is helping as well. Had a rough nights sleep as it was hard to get that image out of my mind.

Nasty stuff Tarjak, glad you were able to talk to your wife rather than stewing on it, it'll stick with you a while though, no mistake. I've always felt sorry for the drivers in these kinds of situations, really bad stuff.
Same here. The driver must be feeling far worse than anyone else involved and he'd also have to go though the full investigation etc. as well. the staff on the station platform swung into action very quickly and the response was pretty quick by the emergency services as well.

I hope it wasn't bookworm_020. I know he's a train driver here in Sydney whcih reminds me, has anyone heard from him recently. Don't recall seeing any posts from him in a while.

That's bad news Grant...suicides can often be a messy business.

Give the missus and both your girls a cuddle...it sometimes helps.
Roger that mate. It's good to be alive and have loved ones about to comfort you. The alternative is not very attractive.

Grant! That is terrible!
I saw 2 truck drivers get hit by trains years ago in two different accidents
outside of where I worked at the time.
We all ran out to do what we could but it was very bad in one instance.
The other, the driver was very luck and waded away through several feet of female products.
Both sights were very un-nerveing.

Everytime I cross that crossing I kind of flash back somewhat.
I try to avoid going that way if at all possible to this day.
I also can not go down the female products isle at stores any longer!
:o
I'm now not sure which image in my mind is more disturbing.:hmmm:

Anyway thanks for the support gents.

[Madox58]

Well, The driver that stumbled through the female products
did have his bleeding stopped pretty quickly.

But it was not a sight any normal Male would EVER want to see again.
:haha:

The little trash can in the Lue is bad enuff!
Let alone a semi load of the bloody things!
:o

[kiwi_2005]

Something I wouldn't want to witness. Remember few years back a truckie use to come into work to have a chat one day he came in looking like he seen a ghost. Told us he was driving on his way back to the depot where he notice a young man walking along the side of the road as he got close the guy jump out in front of him, last thing that stayed with him was the guys eyes looking straight at him. He moved to another area to work as he couldn't bear driving past that part of the road everyday.

[yubba]

Back in 84 when I was on the fence line at Gitmo, I got to see a squad of Cuban soldiers trip off one of their own anti tank mines, it was a hell of a sight, even at a half mile away, needless to say none of them lived to tell the tale.

[Armistead]

My brother-in-law had been a engineer for Amtrak for 20 years, can he tell the stories of people he's hit. What's hard, no matter what he must slow the train down correctly regardless in steps, so no such thing as slamming on breaks. The only time they can do quicker stops are certain events, terror, ect.. A few years ago he saw a young naked lady almost a mile down the line, as he got closer it was obvious she was gonna stay and she did.....I could think of much easier ways to do myself in than become train goo.

They actually video these events, but I don't think any have been released.

[Jimbuna]

My brother-in-law had been a engineer for Amtrak for 20 years, can he tell the stories of people he's hit. What's hard, no matter what he must slow the train down correctly regardless in steps, so no such thing as slamming on breaks. The only time they can do quicker stops are certain events, terror, ect.. A few years ago he saw a young naked lady almost a mile down the line, as he got closer it was obvious she was gonna stay and she did.....I could think of much easier ways to do myself in than become train goo.

They actually video these events, but I don't think any have been released.

I certainly hope not...none of the ones I have attended have been!! :nope: