Person struck by DART train last night

james142

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/man-dies-after-being-struck-by-dart-train-3291888.html

R.I.P to the victim. My thoughts are with the driver too.

MadsL

Person struck my DART train last night

Thinly veiled I have my own DART thread

james142

MadsL wrote: »

Thinly veiled I have my own DART thread

Seplling error :pac:

Geri Male

How does this happen? A DART or train isn't silent so I'm surprised that somebody would allow themselves get hit by one. Surely they could have got out of the way?

james142

Geri Male wrote: »

How does this happen? A DART or train isn't silent so I'm surprised that somebody would allow themselves get hit by one. Surely they could have got out of the way?

Apparently it was a young teen too.

Larianne

Geri Male wrote: »

How does this happen? A DART or train isn't silent so I'm surprised that somebody would allow themselves get hit by one. Surely they could have got out of the way?

Sometimes people want to be hit by the train.

pablomakaveli

Its more frequent than you'd think. It just isnt widely reported when it does happen.

Rigol

There must be better ways.
I mean none of the options are very appealing. But the train. Nope.

brummytom

Where did they say she died?

Kidchameleon

It wasn't your woman looking for her hands was it?

enda1

Rigol wrote: »

There must be better ways.
I mean none of the options are very appealing. But the train. Nope.

Not to obsess on the morbid side but, I'd say you'd be hard pressed to find many "better" ways to go. It's a quick and definite way to die. No agony.

seven_eleven

It wasn't your woman looking for her hands was it?

inb4 those who act like they are grossly offended by the above comment.

yermandan

RIP

pablomakaveli

enda1 wrote: »

Not to obsess on the morbid side but, I'd say you'd be hard pressed to find many "better" ways to go. It's a quick and definite way to die. No agony.

It's pretty horrible for people who witness it especially those driving the train.

Rented Mule

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I'd vote for a man like that. He seems like he'd get **** done.

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Victor

Geri Male wrote: »

How does this happen? A DART or train isn't silent so I'm surprised that somebody would allow themselves get hit by one. Surely they could have got out of the way?

Mostly drink, drugs and dares.

vicwatson

Who says they died?

Wacker The Attacker

james142 wrote: »

Apparently it was a young teen too.

Any old teens?

Gauss

enda1 wrote: »

Not to obsess on the morbid side but, I'd say you'd be hard pressed to find many "better" ways to go. It's a quick and definite way to die. No agony.

No way, it's fukcing terrifying. Gunshot to the head is much more appealing.

edellc

Victor wrote: »

Mostly drink, drugs and dares.

You forgot severe depression leading to someone seeing no other option but to end it all

Poor sole R.I.P

james142

brummytom wrote: »

Where did they say she died?

vicwatson wrote: »

Who says they died?

Here is a later tweet from IrishRail stating that the victim died:

https://twitter.com/IrishRail/status/268119732132143104

Amalgam

enda1 wrote: »

Not to obsess on the morbid side but, I'd say you'd be hard pressed to find many "better" ways to go. It's a quick and definite way to die. No agony.

Give over, unless your head\upper torso is hit, you can get compacted with God awful pinch\friction injuries along the mid riff and 'rolled' along, as I said, unless there's upper spine\head injuries, emergency services will often find someone who is dying, but quite often, not dead.

ActingDanClark

Amalgam wrote: »

Give over, unless your head\upper torso is hit, you can get compacted with God awful pinch\friction injuries along the mid riff and 'rolled' along, as I said, unless there's upper spine\head injuries, emergency services will often find someone who is dying, but quite often, not dead.

You'd be chuffed to bits.

Sorcha16

Condolences to some poor family facing an awful Christmas this year

Rigol

Amalgam wrote: »

Give over, unless your head\upper torso is hit, you can get compacted with God awful pinch\friction injuries along the mid riff and 'rolled' along, as I said, unless there's upper spine\head injuries, emergency services will often find someone who is dying, but quite often, not dead.

I don't think you'll find many survivors of direct train standy in fronty related injuries.

hatrickpatrick

enda1 wrote: »

Not to obsess on the morbid side but, I'd say you'd be hard pressed to find many "better" ways to go. It's a quick and definite way to die. No agony.

Well a woman was hit by one in dun Laoghaire a week ago and survived, but lost some of her fingers. Can't imagine a worse scenario myself.

If someone was trying to kill themselves, being hit by a train leaves a massively wide probability of surviving but having absolutely god awful and debilitating injuries. No idea why anyone would imagine it's a surefire or quick way to go

Boombastic

enda1 wrote: »

Not to obsess on the morbid side but, I'd say you'd be hard pressed to find many "better" ways to go. It's a quick and definite way to die. No agony.

Only for the train driver, passengers etc

Rigol

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

Well a woman was hit by one in dun Laoghaire a week ago and survived, but lost some of her fingers. Can't imagine a worse scenario myself.

If someone was trying to kill themselves, being hit by a train leaves a massively wide probability of surviving but having absolutely god awful and debilitating injuries. No idea why anyone would imagine it's a surefire or quick way to go

Whawt!!!....

At any speed any impact with any part of the body would be of the exploding watermelon variety.
If it only hit your arm at mid speed thats 1 arm down and about 20 sec of blood left.

anncoates

Geri Male wrote: »

How does this happen? A DART or train isn't silent so I'm surprised that somebody would allow themselves get hit by one. Surely they could have got out of the way?

Here we go again.

PhiloCypher

Rigol wrote: »

Whawt!!!....

At any speed any impact with any part of the body would be of the exploding watermelon variety.
If it only hit your arm at mid speed thats 1 arm down and about 20 sec of blood left.

You're forgeting that most of these suicide attempts are are off rail platforms where trains wont be going full pelt .

Halloran springs

Wacker The Attacker wrote: »

Any old teens?

Inappropriate place and time for trying to be a smart-arse.