Cyclist crashes onto live rail track

A man in his 40s was riding a bike down the stairs of the station he overshot the platform and landed on the tracks and live rail. St Leonards Warrior Square Station in Hastings, East Sussex. The man landed on his head on a 750 volt live rail. This happened at The man has life threatening burn injuries as a cause of the accident. The man is now fighting for his life at Conquest Hospital in St Leonards. The man has not yet been identified, and as soon as that is possible the police hopes to inform his family. The police say that it appears to be an accident, but amplifies that the railways are not a playground and is a dangerous area.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/cyclist-crashes-onto-live-rail-track-853170.html

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Wow, that has to hurt! The article really captured my attention. The fact that a grown man can pull such a dangerous stunt is just downright stupid! People should know better then to drove a bicycle in a station. And the fact that the police has to say that explicitly is just flabbergasting. The poor man though, he with his head in a 750 volt live rail. Even when he does survive his injuries, he is going to be scared for life. And the family is going t have a hard time as well. If he lives, they have to take care him. I cant bare seeing someone I care about in so much pain. And if he dies, well that’s obvious…