I have, but I'll turn the spotlight on my mate first...
My mate Dave was returning from a training course in Cheltenham a few years back. As he entered (oo-er missus) Cheltenham railway station, he was witness to some poor, suicidal sod stepping off the platform in front of an oncoming freight train as it rumbled through. Apparently the guy’s body was torn apart and his arms and legs ended up at various points along the next 100 yards or so of track.

Now Dave is a lovely bloke (and responsible for me meeting the sweary one), and saw a family heading across the bridge to the same platform. Seeing that there were two very young children in tow, he decided to have a word. “I would turn around if I were you”, he advised the mother, “there’s been an accident and it’s a bit messy”.

“Fuck off” said the mother (or words to that effect) “we’ve got a train to catch and we’re running late”. He tried to explain, but the woman barged past with her kids, and off down the steps. Dave shrugged a ‘don’t say I didn’t try’ kind of shrug, and headed off to make a phone call to his missus to tell her he was going to be extremely late home that night.

Thirty seconds later an hysterical scream echoed through the station as the family were confronted by a torso-less head staring up at them.

Grim.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 28 Feb 2008, 12:36, 5 replies)

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Saw the aftermath of one of those the other week, thankfully from a distance as I drove past (the train line runs down the middle of the freeway here). I know suicide is the last action of someone who just cannot cope with their desperate situation any more, and I can understand why it may seem the only option, but I really wish that people would realise that ending your life by jumping in front of a train/truck/bus/etc. not only ends their life, but can well and truly fuck up the life of whoever is driving.

I've heard people say suicide is a selfish act. I don't think it is, but to do it in such a way is.
( SteamedCleaner, Thu 28 Feb 2008, 13:16, closed)

Agreed
A friend of mine had a man commit suicide by jumping from a crossing bridge above the motorway into the path of her car. Many years of therapy followed and her college and potential uni career path were entirely screwed up.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 28 Feb 2008, 14:24, closed)

guys
I don't think people who commit suicide like that necessarily go into a great deal of thoughtful planning. Certainly when I've been suicidal (and obviously I've managed not to bring that to fruition), it's been quite a spontaneous experience.
(Emily Bruce-Dickinson http://jovialfellow.blogspot.com/, Thu 28 Feb 2008, 22:59, closed)

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You managed to fit Karma in too. Good work.
(Grey_Ghost has yet to decide on a sig on, Fri 29 Feb 2008, 6:43, closed)

So I did...
And I wasn't even trying.

Do I win?
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 29 Feb 2008, 9:51, closed)