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08 Aug 16
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RIP.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3728301/Horror-person-decapitated-speeding-train-sticking-head-window.html
'His head flew off': Witness tells of horrific moment passenger, 24, was 'decapitated' after looking out of the carriage window and
being hit by an oncoming train on the Gatwick Express.
24-year-old man from East Grinstead, Sussex, struck by oncoming train
Witnesses claim man was 'decapitated' by train after leaning out window
Shocked eyewitness described the moment the man's head 'flew off'
Police and ambulance crews raced to Wandsworth Common in London
A rail passenger was thought to have been 'decapitated' yesterday after leaning out of a carriage window before being struck by an oncoming train.
The man was on board a Gatwick Express service from the busy airport to London Victoria station when he was struck by a speeding train.
Police have this morning confirmed the man who died was a 24-year-old from East Grinstead in Sussex.
Police and ambulance crews rushed to Wandsworth Common station in south west London when the man was hit after he 'didn't notice the train was coming'.
One onlooker called Rhianna, from Battersea, said his head 'flew off' and gave Wandsworth Radio a gruesome account of the incident, which was witnessed by two ladies on the platform.
A spokesman for British Transport Police said: 'A man who died at Wandsworth station yesterday has been identified as a 24-year-old man from East Grinstead in Sussex.
'His next of kin have been informed and are being supported by officers.
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"If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs..."
Are losing theirs..."
Not much one can say....we presume everybody has some level of intelligence?
I feel sorry for his next of kin
I feel sorry for his next of kin
All windows should be metal-meshed.....kids and idiots throw stuff out the windows.
Couldn't get my, ahem, head round the apparent contradiction in the article.
Seems his head just got knocked off, but medical staff did all they could to help him.
Seems his head just got knocked off, but medical staff did all they could to help him.
How close are trains together....he must have been 0.5 metres out the window !
Ahh the young ones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQslnmcHOeM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQslnmcHOeM
What were the police rushing to the scene for?
His head came off ffs.
His head came off ffs.
Think if he had a chance of survival they should have done him a favour and put worzel's 'thinking ed' on instead
.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOTNAe3j7Bs
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOTNAe3j7Bs
whoopsie
thats worzel's 'ansome ed' not his 'thinkin ed'
thats worzel's 'ansome ed' not his 'thinkin ed'
Was probably gawping at Rhianna from Battersea's thrupennies. Qualifies for a Darwin award in my opinion.
I cannot seem to follow your train of thought on this matter
I read that a man was being treated for a head injury. What on earth did they do to treat him? 
RIP
RIP
no doubt the usual suspects will be along soon to blame moslems for this beheading. what do we know about the train driver?
Rhianna from Battersea ran away "because it was disgusting!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l1o5tFgHqI
Rhianna from Battersea ran away "because it was disgusting!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l1o5tFgHqI
would have been worse had the plod declare they wernt sure who's head it was
is that the new English language shes talking in that link - init - street talk
I wonder if there has ever been an incident where two people on adjacent trains have put their heads out of their windows and.. have made contact.
One person could of calculated that by putting his head out not to far he could avoid the on-coming train but hadn't calculated that there would be another nutter doing exactly the same thing on the other train.
Qualifies for a Darwin award in my opinion.
Most definitely foinavon....can we really legislate for someone this dumb!
Most definitely foinavon....can we really legislate for someone this dumb!
Aug 8, 2016 -- 1:54PM, The Leopard wrote:
All windows should be metal-meshed.....kids and idiots throw stuff out the windows.
Yes
Make my hay
One person could of calculated that by putting his head out not to far he could avoid the on-coming train but hadn't calculated that there would be another nutter doing exactly the same thing on the other train.[/i]
You think we should be looking for two heads Make my hay...he overlooked that possibility
People like to look out of windows leopard, so I do not know if that will be done
One person could of calculated that by putting his head out not to far he could avoid the on-coming train but hadn't calculated that there would be another nutter doing exactly the same thing on the other train.[/i]
You think we should be looking for two heads Make my hay...he overlooked that possibility
People like to look out of windows leopard, so I do not know if that will be done
"Qualifies for a Darwin award in my opinion"
Yep big contender for "Darwin Award for the Year" ?
Have they found the head yet ?
Yep big contender for "Darwin Award for the Year" ?
Have they found the head yet ?
Would make it more difficult to rescue people or escape a fire in the event of an accident.
My late dad worked on the railway. Pick and shovel merchant, nothing fancy. The instructions given were to walk away from the line when a train approached and to turn your back on it.
So he and a few other guys were facing the embankment when an express went past. The man next to my dad dropped to the ground. The back of his head was caved in. Later inspection showed that he had been struck by a bread roll in a paper bag that had been thrown from the train.
Maybe it was a hard, stale roll or maybe the fact that it was travelling at over 120mph killed him.
The reason for turning your back on the train was in case somebody flushed the toilet. The cassette system as used on aircraft wasn't used on trains back then.
So he and a few other guys were facing the embankment when an express went past. The man next to my dad dropped to the ground. The back of his head was caved in. Later inspection showed that he had been struck by a bread roll in a paper bag that had been thrown from the train.
Maybe it was a hard, stale roll or maybe the fact that it was travelling at over 120mph killed him.
The reason for turning your back on the train was in case somebody flushed the toilet. The cassette system as used on aircraft wasn't used on trains back then.
'A passenger was THOUGHT to be decapitated'..
Yes, tremendously committed and highly intelligent journalism there.
Either he was or he wasn't, how can he be 'thought to have been decapitated'
Journalism is the profession which has gone downhill the most over the past 20 years...
Yes, tremendously committed and highly intelligent journalism there.
Either he was or he wasn't, how can he be 'thought to have been decapitated'
Journalism is the profession which has gone downhill the most over the past 20 years...
Turning your back was bad advice Gallivanter...Your dad was badly advised there.
We need to see danger to avoid it.
This is not the first passenger who has been killed putting his head out of a train window, although usually it is usually
on the passenger side when the train is moving.
I am not sue what we can do to stop this, if people insist on doing this??????????????????????????????????????
Despite all warnings
We need to see danger to avoid it.
This is not the first passenger who has been killed putting his head out of a train window, although usually it is usually
on the passenger side when the train is moving.
I am not sue what we can do to stop this, if people insist on doing this??????????????????????????????????????
Despite all warnings
I can't remember Zorro...great series
Yes as Knight says, people would probably notice if a body had a head or not...I do not believe people would need to have
a think about it.
Yes as Knight says, people would probably notice if a body had a head or not...I do not believe people would need to have
a think about it.
when i'm on a train i normally sit on the seats, it doesn't really cross
my mind to put my head out the window,
how close are trains apart? you'd think you would really have to stick your
head out to get it knocked off?
my mind to put my head out the window,
how close are trains apart? you'd think you would really have to stick your
head out to get it knocked off?
I agree Ron..I don't what this man thought he was doing, we wont ever know now
ebul, I bow to your greater knowledge of railway safety than the old British Rail handbook, which included pictures of men standing facing away from the tracks and, in emergencies, lying face down next to them.
Later, in a different country, dear old dad was working on the railroad again. They still had steam locomotives there. Dad was in a tunnel which had slots called "coffins" cut into the walls. A headlamp approached and the men headed for the nearest coffins and faced inwards. A spark of burning coal went down the back of his neck. He couldn't do a thing until the train passed.
He had a sort of infected carbuncle the size of my fist. I know because I used to dress it for him when I got back from school. I remember him saying that he wished he was still young enough to rejoin the army. He thought it was safer. He fought in Viet Nam.
Later, in a different country, dear old dad was working on the railroad again. They still had steam locomotives there. Dad was in a tunnel which had slots called "coffins" cut into the walls. A headlamp approached and the men headed for the nearest coffins and faced inwards. A spark of burning coal went down the back of his neck. He couldn't do a thing until the train passed.
He had a sort of infected carbuncle the size of my fist. I know because I used to dress it for him when I got back from school. I remember him saying that he wished he was still young enough to rejoin the army. He thought it was safer. He fought in Viet Nam.
A private ambulance arrived at the station in London but the man died after he was stuck by a train
ahhh, the private ambulance stood down then did it. Where do they get these people from?
ahhh, the private ambulance stood down then did it. Where do they get these people from?
Ron-Russian 08 Aug 16 23:20
how close are trains apart? you'd think you would really have to stick your
head out to get it knocked off?
The standard gauge between two railroad tracks in most of the world, including Great Britain but not Ireland, is 6 feet 5 1/2 inches minimum. This is known as the "six foot". The gauge used between the inner lines is 4 feet 8 1/2 inches. This is known as the "four foot".
Obviously this means that trains overhang each side of the four foot and passing trains could well be within six inches of each other on the six foot.
how close are trains apart? you'd think you would really have to stick your
head out to get it knocked off?
The standard gauge between two railroad tracks in most of the world, including Great Britain but not Ireland, is 6 feet 5 1/2 inches minimum. This is known as the "six foot". The gauge used between the inner lines is 4 feet 8 1/2 inches. This is known as the "four foot".
Obviously this means that trains overhang each side of the four foot and passing trains could well be within six inches of each other on the six foot.
Aug 8, 2016 -- 6:09PM, Ron-Russian wrote:
is that the new English language shes talking in that link - init - street talk
blood mans been talking like that for years init. it's the jamaican influence on white suburbia bruv blood ting ya get me rude boy?
Gallivanter • August 8, 2016 11:33 PM BST
ebul, I bow to your greater knowledge of railway safety than the old British Rail handbook,
Well it did not do your dad much good?
People walking on roads are told to walk facing traffic????...that was my logic
ebul, I bow to your greater knowledge of railway safety than the old British Rail handbook,
Well it did not do your dad much good?
People walking on roads are told to walk facing traffic????...that was my logic
Ebul, it was my dad's mate that got his head stove in. As for my dad in the tunnel, would a burning cinder have been better in his eyes than down the back of his neck?
How do you dodge a bread roll or a cinder that's travelling at over a 100mph?
Out of interest, your name reminds me of the colour of a uniform I once wore. Per Ardua Ad Astra mean anything to you?
How do you dodge a bread roll or a cinder that's travelling at over a 100mph?
Out of interest, your name reminds me of the colour of a uniform I once wore. Per Ardua Ad Astra mean anything to you?
Apologies for mistaken identity
Per Ardua Ad Astra
no sadly
the motto of the Royal Air Force, I see
Per Ardua Ad Astra
no sadly
the motto of the Royal Air Force, I see
I would say this unfortunate person was leaning out to see something or perhaps to attract someone's attention
on the opposite platform?
It looks as if he got himself well out from that window, overlooked the danger.
on the opposite platform?
It looks as if he got himself well out from that window, overlooked the danger.
pretty dangerous at the tote window when the shrewdies spot the value
Perhaps there was a Norwiegan with an axe out the window of the other train 
I hardly think a bread roll thrown out of a train window , would travel at 120 miles an hour into the back of a man's head !
Just saying.
Just saying.
Whatever 'peak velocity' is measured at in mph then that is enough for an unfrozen pea to go through a human head if dropped off the Eiffel Tower apparently....so a bread roll crust an all at 120mph would certainly 'knock yer duck off' imo
That penny thing is widely believed...but, its a myth
"The short answer, says physicist Jon Butterworth of University College London, is no. It couldn't even burn flesh – except in certain circumstances."
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/mar/20/urban-myths-skyscraper-coin-kill-you
"The short answer, says physicist Jon Butterworth of University College London, is no. It couldn't even burn flesh – except in certain circumstances."
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/mar/20/urban-myths-skyscraper-coin-kill-you
Well that's disappointing.
That's the only reason I'd have wanted to go to France ffs.
Might as well cancel my Irish passport application then.
That's the only reason I'd have wanted to go to France ffs.
Might as well cancel my Irish passport application then.
It is hard to think a bread roll would crush the back of a man's head...
I assume it was still travelling at the speed of the train when it hit the back of the man's head..
must have been a bit crusty or stale though
I assume it was still travelling at the speed of the train when it hit the back of the man's head..
must have been a bit crusty or stale though
A man tells his friend to stick her head out of the window, he must have seen the train coming.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxmefBMepUo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxmefBMepUo
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