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.

dodderangler

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.

Not entirely
What if you jump to early and jump passed the front of it but your legs get hit?
Then your left lookin like a idiot with no legs

james142

Reports are saying that the guy fell from a bridge onto the tracks

Rigol

dodderangler wrote: »

Not entirely
What if you jump to early and jump passed the front of it but your legs get hit?
Then your left lookin like a idiot with no legs

Well for about a minute...then you bleed out.

Some guy on the thread about the woman who 'lost her hands after being hit by a dart thread' said how he had spoken with a train driver and been told that at even 10mph a train with a carriage hitting you is the equivalent of a 40ft steel container being dropped on you.

coco0981

Kidchameleon wrote: »

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

Aren't you just hilarious, horrible post

seven_eleven wrote: »

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

If you think that its funny joking about that then we have different senses of humour. No fake moral outrage here just a shred of common decency

geetar

Rigol wrote: »

Well for about a minute...then you bleed out.

Some guy on the thread about the woman who 'lost her hands after being hit by a dart thread' said how he had spoken with a train driver and been told that at even 10mph a train with a carriage hitting you is the equivalent of a 40ft steel container being dropped on you.

yup. its physics. momentum of the train is pretty enormous, even at low speeds, due to its large mass.

bodice ripper

about 150 people a year commit suicide by train in the Netherlands, people are generally scathing about it as it is causing them inconvenience.

TeddyTedson

RIP

Calibos

james142 wrote: »

Reports are saying that the guy fell from a bridge onto the tracks

It happened between Shankill and Bray. No Bridges or overpasses to fall from.

The area it happened is known for, lets call it 'outdoor drinking'. The victim was a 16 year old male which is not a demographic known for a high rate of suicide.

I'd be more inclined to be thinking mis-adventure as opposed to suicide.

I've heard other things but won't repeat them in case family or friends are reading, something which the usual pathetic jokers and pun makers don't give a flying fcuk about as usual what with being the nasty pathetic fcukwits that they are.

Canis Lupus

bodice ripper wrote: »

about 150 people a year commit suicide by train in the Netherlands, people are generally scathing about it as it is causing them inconvenience.

True, in London you regularly get delays due to 'person on the tracks/person under the train'.

Most people just sigh/complain at the delay. Human nature I suppose and I agree with them tbh.

Fr_Dougal

If it is suicide I hope it gets reported as such, too many cases of suicide are reported as "misasdventure" it's a bullsh1t term used to brush the real issue under the carpet. Maybe if suicides were reported as suicides the government would get off their arse and do something about it. They spent a fortune on those speed camera vans yet more people die from suicide than on the roads.

starviewadams

Isn't the reason they're not widely reported something to do with not putting the idea of doing something similar in other people's minds?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copycat_suicide

Cookie_Monster

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

If it is suicide I hope it gets reported as such, too many cases of suicide are reported as "misasdventure" it's a bullsh1t term used to brush the real issue under the carpet. Maybe if suicides were reported as suicides the government would get off their arse and do something about it. They spent a fortune on those speed camera vans yet more people die from suicide than on the roads.

you won't hear about it again if it was suicide. it'll be labelled an "incident" by the media / irish rail / railway safety organisation and follow up news buried just like all the others.

JustAThought

R.I.P.
Dreadful.

Should anyone know someone suffering or in danger from delressiin or suicide there is a free organisation that can help - its called Pieta House. They have both free residential and daycare counselling services.
11811 for their number.

An individual can ring without a doctor or medical report + ask for help. Or their family can ask for them. Its very u.cimoli ated + help is literally just an email
or phonecall away.