Tokyo Train Accident
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Thu 2008/03/20 14:54
On the way home from Akihabara today, there was an announcement in the station - a person got hit by a train. One hears these announcements from time to time so I didn't think much of it. A few minutes later however, I saw a person being mopped off the train tracks...
It was only last July when the train I was on actually hit somebody (wrote about it here) but luckily didn't see anything.
99% of these cases are of people jumping in the tracks and most of the jumping happens before or after work - it was about 5 in the evening.
Below: I look out the window and see yellow tape keeping the other passengers out of the way.
Below: I walk down the carriage and see that the windows are open and there are a bunch of spectators.
Below: Move towards the window to see the rescue team rescuing....the left overs.
Below: Some bits of the jumper is in the red buckets.
Below: And the rest of the person is behind the green sheets used to hide the mess.
The amount of blood on the tracks was horrific. It was a dark cloudy afternoon and one could see the rain falling in the huge pool of blood. Looked more like a small lake as it was mixed with water that the rescue team used to wash away the blood. That moment in time didn't seem real. Took some footage of the rescue team below - no blood/only 18 seconds.
The JR Yamanote line resumed service after about 20 mins.
I guess theres not much point asking in the polls "have you died before?" so I guess it will be "have you been in a serious accident before?"
The worse accidents that I've been through have been falls from skiing or roller blading - all three times involving injury to me legs/knees/ankles that left me limping for months ToT - and they all happened since I arrived in Japan ^^;
It was only last July when the train I was on actually hit somebody (wrote about it here) but luckily didn't see anything.
99% of these cases are of people jumping in the tracks and most of the jumping happens before or after work - it was about 5 in the evening.
Below: I look out the window and see yellow tape keeping the other passengers out of the way.
I guess theres not much point asking in the polls "have you died before?" so I guess it will be "have you been in a serious accident before?"
The worse accidents that I've been through have been falls from skiing or roller blading - all three times involving injury to me legs/knees/ankles that left me limping for months ToT - and they all happened since I arrived in Japan ^^;
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It is always quite emotionally disturbing and depressing to see that kind of stuff happen, but it can't be helped somehow. Hope that does not happen too often... I also hope that the anti-suicide campaign you have shown us a bit ago works, at least for a minimum.
(ID #158674) Posted on 2008/03/20 00:24
filmaker
sometimes i think its best not to look so as not to de-sensitise myself...but then human curiosity is a strange thing.
(ID #158677) Posted on 2008/03/20 00:33
first off, i really do hope that person has finally found his peace. Please grant him peace. I only involve in a bad sports injury, during a football game, i got knee'ed on my lap - resulted in a 4cm long torn muscle. In bed for 2 weeks - as my leg could not bend.
(ID #158678) Posted on 2008/03/20 00:34
Engineer by weekdays, Hikki by weekends
Should put a poll "have you witnessed accidents before?" Train accident, nope. Road accident yes. Saw a car crossing a juction trying to beat the red traffic light, hitting 2 motorcyclist from another direction who tried to beat the green light. 2 idiots = massive FAIL.
(ID #158679) Posted on 2008/03/20 00:35
Student Otaku (ITM Student) and ACG NA Staff
People sometimes take the easy way to end their life. In front of everyone too. Still, who would take their own life. I've been in a skiing accident once. I broke my leg. That was hell... After that, I haven't skied since that...
(ID #158682) Posted on 2008/03/20 00:44
OMG! i´ve never seen that kind of accident EVER! thank god! That reminds me a kirai post about suicides.. oh, lamentable.
(ID #158684) Posted on 2008/03/20 00:54
Full-time supervisor, part-time gamer
Rest in peace man.. By the way I've never involved in a serious accident and never witnessed one..If I do..That image will be in my head for years..
(ID #158685) Posted on 2008/03/20 00:57
Yup this sucks i lived the same experience here but it was outside the station near our school i actually saw the guy Jump and the result of the impact it just sucks very disturbing
(ID #158687) Posted on 2008/03/20 01:06
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
Fortunately, never been in a serious accident. Once I called an ambulance for a kid... about 12 yrs old who was skating near my friends house, fell, and had an exposed fracture on his arm. I could see his bone sticking out... As for me, well, I burned both my hands one time (little accident while rappelling), and still have an ugly scar on my arm because of a skating accident (coincidentally). But those were only superficial... never had fractures or stuff like that.
(ID #158691) Posted on 2008/03/20 01:26
once a man who been hit by a train that i'am on and he is under my feet!! broken rip near death they have to move the train a bit in order to remove him from underneath far more spooky!!
(ID #158692) Posted on 2008/03/20 01:28
Almost involved with a traffic accident once. A car smashed into a cab and the cab skidded right in front of where I was. Glass shrapnels everywhere but luckily all missed me. Drivers' were all alive and well fortunately.
(ID #158694) Posted on 2008/03/20 01:30
Custom Pc Builder, Muppet, Pyromaniac, Demolitions Expert, Guitar Slinger,
well as far as accidents go - Ive been involved in a car accident. Ive been narrowly missed by on coming busses but then that was down to me playing in traffic so doesnt count as an accident :P
(ID #158696) Posted on 2008/03/20 01:30
wow thats really freaky.
(ID #158698) Posted on 2008/03/20 01:34
Random Random Objects Generator
My, those suicide guys... I believe in the freedom of choosing the way to live and to die AS LONG AS IT KEEPS THE HARMONY WITH OTHERS. What the hell are they thinking? There are better and less messy ways to kill yourself in the privacy of your home, no need to annoy others with your meaningless death by making it a big thing....
(ID #158699) Posted on 2008/03/20 01:36
Polytechnic Senior, Bronze Lifesaving Trainee, Mech Designer, Pokemon Indexer.
The closest to an accident I got was having to stay in the hospital for a mild concussion; ran on a wet floor, fell, and very nearly cracked my head open like a nut. :P It must be pretty horrifying to have seen everything ; the poor dude disappears in a cloud of red... *shivers* Seeing people dead in images is one thing; seeing it in real life is entirely different.
(ID #158700) Posted on 2008/03/20 01:38
Oh wow, that's horrible. :/
(ID #158701) Posted on 2008/03/20 01:39
Animation Student
Accident... Hmm I fell of my motorbike a few times.. xD The first time i fell was the worst one, other than that only minor injury... xD xD
(ID #158702) Posted on 2008/03/20 01:40
I was attacked by a dog. I used to play basketball and all that when I was a kid, played for my school, not to shabby. Then a dog bit me and torn my calf muscle. SO yeah, Since then, I can't jump as I used to, which led to me quitting basketball forever. After that, it's just been me falling and stuff like that, nothing too serious ^^''.
(ID #158704) Posted on 2008/03/20 01:44
University Student.
Haven't really had serious injuries, only "stupidity at work" sports types. Attempted to perform a spinning move on rollerblades which will only one wheel still in contact with the ground, usually did it correctly but this once I lost control, spinning way too fast, banged straight into the wall face first. Snapped one of my front tooth in half, bleed non-stop for over an hour while I head to a dentist. Also had some bruises on my right arm which is still barely visible. Another time was playing basketball, did a 3-point shot, landed awkwardly and strain/twisted my ankle. Took me 45mins to hop my way to the school's office and was out of action for 2-3 weeks. Or maybe a "serious" possible close accident was running out of oxygen while still 18 metres underwater (scuba diving). Thank god for diving buddies (shared oxygen with me), was too absorbed into the scenery.
(ID #158705) Posted on 2008/03/20 01:45
Student and full-time otaku
Nasty...have images of Gantz ep 1 in my mind now. Thankfully I've never been in a bad accident before (*knock on wood*), although my neck has been more sensitive since I fell off my bike a few years back
(ID #158709) Posted on 2008/03/20 01:50
Anime Retailer
I totaled my mom's BMW right after I got my drivers license, and had several staples in my head and about wiped out my passenger. :( We both eventually made a full physical recovery... My friend was a paramedic, so he has told me some stories before, I had to make him stop. ugh... Thanks for sparing the gore on this post. ;)
(ID #158710) Posted on 2008/03/20 01:52
That is just horrible...really don't know what to say > _ <
(ID #158713) Posted on 2008/03/20 02:01
I've seen someone fall out of a moving train before just as we arrived @ a station. It was on the British Railways, on those very, very, very old trains where you open the doors manually. When we are in a real hurry, we opened them before the train comes to a complete halt and jump off when it slows down enough, but some kid accidentally fell off too early and hit the platform at horrible speeds. He bounced a good 20ft leaving a trail of blood. We didn't move him in case his neck was broken and waited for the ambulance. It was horrible, he looked like a rag doll.
(ID #158720) Posted on 2008/03/20 02:14
Ah, thank god that I've never seen this kinda accident up close. Kinda impressing that the JR Yamanote line resumed it's services after 20 min. I guess they are pretty used to this kinda thing. =/ My worst accident happend to me when I was around 3-4 years old. I only cut my eye open, thankfully I regained sight after several weeks. Though my vision on the left eye is not 100% perfect.
(ID #158722) Posted on 2008/03/20 02:20
anime/cosplay events organizer
i guess for some people, suicide is their easy way out... i don't think i've had any major accident.
(ID #158724) Posted on 2008/03/20 02:23
part time illustrationist, doll clothing seamstress
oh gosh how awful o_o; my stomach kinda turned a bit at your description, I don't envy you seeing what you saw (ie. blood etc). I got bumped by a car before while crossing at the traffic light (it was my right of way) but thankfully car was not moving too fast and I could jump up almost straight away (with some scrapes on my elbow and feeling very worked up ^^; ) I figured if I had sat there the guy would had probably continue driving =_= Thankfully he was somewhat responsible -- didn't drive off and allowed me to take down his car license number, and offered to take me to a clinic or hospital. I didn't want to get into the car of a stranger tho -- he was in a hurry to a clinic cos he has the runs from food poisoning -- dunno to laugh or cry when I heard him say it but I was literally hyperventilating from mild shock o_o Don't want to be bumped by car again even tho it wasn't a serious accident, the afer effects is not good...
(ID #158726) Posted on 2008/03/20 02:28
Oh man. That sux. Now, I'll always remember this and I'm sure I'll look into the tracks everytime I'm in Akiba... Did you really have to go look and take pics?? You sicko otaku... hahaha
(ID #158727) Posted on 2008/03/20 02:28
Director/Technical Director, Cameraman
Wow 20minutes to get the train back on service. Here in Toronto, if someone jumps, they dont tell you that it happened, just that the line is closed. And its typically closed for a good 3 hours. But when I was little I stood to close to someone playing baseball, and got hit in the head with the baseball bat. Didn''t feel a thing, but I still got the scar.
(ID #158729) Posted on 2008/03/20 02:30
Student || Musician
mm worst i ever had was while running, i accdentally slipped on some sand and gravel and end up landing on that same sand and gravel. Resulted in 4 stitches in the mouth and elbow. Major Face plant.
(ID #158730) Posted on 2008/03/20 02:37
PhysicsMajor/Someting/Photo/Pharm Tech
Yeah last here the train ran into two cars in a few weeks in a row and they all died and luckily my mom was not on those trains. I have been rear ended, saw people get stabbed in the head (High school girls attacking each other) having guns pulled out and almost firing, being right next to a car crash while it was happening while I was driving in the next lane and saw the whole thing, and had my left arm broken in two places. It's a crazy crazy world and half of that just happened last year, the stabbing and the train crashes. I almost lost my mind during those times but I am still here. I helped out on those stabbings and armed incidents. Too much blood.
(ID #158734) Posted on 2008/03/20 02:47
五〇一軍团 TK8316 Singapore Garrison Public Relations Officer
i was knocked down by a motorcycle more than 10 years ago. i was my fault really. i should have looked when crossing the road. left leg was in a cast for weeks.
(ID #158744) Posted on 2008/03/20 03:02
オタク all day long
Aaaah, that's awful. =( Lucky me I never have a big accident before. The worst one I had was I hit my forehead and got 3 stitches when I was a kid.
(ID #158746) Posted on 2008/03/20 03:05
Programmer, Web Developer / Web Designer
Oh wow... it happen train accident so common in Tokyo I didn't even stop to think about it after a while until I saw this. My last serious accident was when I got pushed into concrete stairs and knocked my head right on the edge of the steps. I was in primary school that time and was in total shock as red liquid kept dripping non-stop. Up till now I still have a faint scar from the stitches and the memory of it.
(ID #158747) Posted on 2008/03/20 03:07
Engineer
Man it sucks to hear/confirm that suicide from Japan train is still common. My Accidents: > Got a rear bumper hit from a car going 40 mph while I was stopping on at a red light - couldn't twist my neck properly for a year > A car was turning and I got hit by it while I was biking and lost a lot of blood that day. > My bike's front wheel fell off and landed smack on my forehead (thankfully was wearing a helmet - WEAR YOUR HELMETS!), came off with a sprained wrist and minor cuts - luckily > Someone kicked their heavy sandals off accidentally and hit my nuts, couldn't stand for like 15 minutes... luckily I recovered
(ID #158748) Posted on 2008/03/20 03:08
Sucks to be in a such place :/ As for me - I have seen quite a few accidents IRL , the one that still pops in my head is a failed suicide - a guy tried to kill himself by jumping from a building (8 floors) , but unluckily for him he didn't die.I was walking around with friends and we saw an ambulance so we checked it out.The guy was bleeding like hell and..let's just say it wasn't a nice view.Can't get rid of that memory ever since. :/
(ID #158750) Posted on 2008/03/20 03:17
Programmer/IT/Student
I've been in way too many of the average accidents lol. The worse of them I can remember would be flying off a mountain side going around 40 MPH on my bike, couldn't walk for 2 months after that one. When I was a little kid (maybe like 8 or so) my cousin and I were playing with an office chair that happened to be outside at the time, I ended up flying off of it when she was spinning it an hit my forehead smack on the concrete ground, had to have stitches for that one. Other than that I've just been in a whole lot of little accidents, falling off bikes, skateboards, skates, etc. Oh yeah and I put a hole in my knee with the sharp corner of a hammer once.
(ID #158751) Posted on 2008/03/20 03:21
I've survived two wars... I guess those were serious accidents since it wasn't my choice for being there.
(ID #158753) Posted on 2008/03/20 03:40
I always find it depressing that a person has died/committed suicide. My accidents >> I was out biking with a few friends and I lost my footing on a pedal and my skull smashed against the street fracturing it causing me to have a severe concussion. >> Was in a fireworks accident. Family had bought a ton of fireworks and I was helping with the bigger ones that year and one was defective and blew up and shrapnel sliced my right wrist.
(ID #158754) Posted on 2008/03/20 03:53
Luckily you don't have many accident when going hikikomori mode. ヾ(´∀｀*)ﾉ
(ID #158757) Posted on 2008/03/20 04:05
guess i'm sorta used to seeing stuff like this since i'm also an EMT for the city here.
(ID #158764) Posted on 2008/03/20 04:42
Extremely Poor College Student
the worse that happened to me was when a parked car got ran over by me on my bike and left me with a scar on my ankle
(ID #158767) Posted on 2008/03/20 04:54
Web Designer
OMG!... this remind me with a Suicide Clube movie >.< ... Yuck! It's very @&#^%$@#. I hope no more "that kind" image saved in my brain. But why do people suicide? Live is to good. There's so many figures i haven't buy yet. So many Animes I haven't watch yet, and so many mangas I havn't read yet. So i have to spent my live as valuable as possible.
(ID #158775) Posted on 2008/03/20 05:22
Christ! Thats nasty! Its one of those things i done ever really want to see, but when it happens everyone is drawn to it and wants a glimpse of gore. Im surprised it happened at Akiba station of all places though. Crazy suicidal fools - life aint that bad - you live in Tokyo for a start!
(ID #158776) Posted on 2008/03/20 05:24
ひきこもり/Hikikomori. Suits my current state more than a 大学生/University Student. ^^
I live a fairly safe live and have had little accidents over the years, probably because I don't try to do the unusual stuffs ^^ Everyday is so heavily routinized~ Get up in the morning, go to the uni, back from the uni, take a bath, rest, study, eat, study again.. >_<
(ID #158777) Posted on 2008/03/20 05:25
I got hit by a truck while I was riding down my road in the dark. I was really lucky and turned out fine except for some cuts and bruises.
(ID #158788) Posted on 2008/03/20 06:03
computer business Infomation system
I guess those anti-suicide ads didn't help this person...
(ID #158790) Posted on 2008/03/20 06:13
Fortunately enough, I've never been into any serious accidents XD
(ID #158802) Posted on 2008/03/20 07:02
Failure
that music playing would be more than enough to make me want to jump XD seriously though, i feel bad about the incident. with this kind of thing happening i would expect there to be some kind of system devised to prevent people from getting on the tracks when a train is not stationed. What i would do is place a wall between the station and the tracks and have doors aligned with the trains that open with the train doors.
(ID #158805) Posted on 2008/03/20 07:19
Administrative Assistant
I've not been in a serious accident per se. More like right next to it with option to join in. I was getting on the Interstate when a Semi refused to merge over for incoming traffic. I had to speed ahead to avoid getting creamed. but the poor woman behind me got side-swiped and had to pull over (Where I then stopped to help her). As I was helping her, the Interstate traffic slowed down to avoid any further problems (Which was good because in my infinite stupidity, I was standing on the driver's side of her car (3 feet from speeding traffic). Some guy though, missed the fact that traffic was slowing, swerved off the road to avoid rear-ending someone, and hit her car instead, sending a shower of shrapnel at me. Fortunately it wasn't bad, but one false step back or one large hunk of metal and..bye-bye Bob
(ID #158806) Posted on 2008/03/20 07:21
I guess i've been kinda lucky, been in lot of serious accidents, but no really serious damage has ever occured to me. Two times i dropped from high places an hit my head. Got run over by a jet ski. The most serious though was when i was out diving and got taken by the current and thrown against a reef or rocks with sharp edges i guess you can call them, i somehow got out of that with only minor cuts all over my body, but it has let to quite a big fear of water.
(ID #158807) Posted on 2008/03/20 07:23
I guess this accident ruins good mood from walking through Akiba very quickly :/ I love risky sports so I had a few accidents but only one of them left me in the hospital for 2 weeks. I broke both bones in my right leg while skating, my foot was twisted 90° to the right. The ridiculous thing about it is that it happened while doing something easy - skating a small ramp. The ramp was still wet from the day before and I didn't notice it, slipped and *crack*
(ID #158810) Posted on 2008/03/20 07:28
Wow, what a freaky coincidence. I honestly just watched 自殺サークル for the first time last night and now this seems like a real life version
(ID #158814) Posted on 2008/03/20 08:06
My family in I nearly died when a drunk driver drove into our lane coming from the other direction and hit us head on. Parents got taken off in a chopper.
(ID #158818) Posted on 2008/03/20 08:52
AdvDip Network Security - CCNA - Ironport - Security+
this section of your article really caught my eye: "The amount of blood on the tracks was horrific. It was a dark cloudy afternoon and one could see the rain falling in the huge pool of blood." wow Danny, you should be a writer!
(ID #158819) Posted on 2008/03/20 08:54
Student, Spiral Warrior
Memento mori... Some of my dormies and I ran a car into a telephone pole near our campus in my sophomore year. Completely snapped the pole at the base, but somehow managed to avoid any injury ourselves (except for a sore nose from the airbag). We all figured we should have died, but it appears it wasn't our time yet.
(ID #158821) Posted on 2008/03/20 09:12
Haven't had any accidents recently...knock on wood. Though I did a number on myself when I was younger. Was playing over a friends house and during a lapse in sanity we decided to climb a metal chain that was connected a metal structure used to pull cars from engines. Well, you know how this ends. It falls, I get hit in the head and back and 10 staples/32 stitches later I'm back together. The real pain was not being able to walk for 3 months as my spine had bruising. Still have a few damaged discs to this day because of it.
(ID #158825) Posted on 2008/03/20 09:42
Sales & Marketing Executive
Nobody likes situations of this kind. However the fact they resumed train services in 20 mins for me is quite surprising. If it were in the UK the whole train line would be closed for at least 24 hours.
(ID #158829) Posted on 2008/03/20 09:57
The Yamanote line is probably the main train line in Tokyo... most trains cross, depart/end there, and it passes through the major sections of the city. You couldn't close it down just like that :3
(ID #208234) Posted on 2008/06/09 12:23
Well, this is really sad. Life is so full of alternatives. It's a shame pple trowing theirs life away for some probably temporary problem. I never had a serious accident, but can i have some points for living in a third world country?
(ID #158830) Posted on 2008/03/20 10:16
I hope I'll never see something like this live. This must also be really shocking for the train's driver. I hope you will get over it soon and the images won't haunt you. :-/ So far, I've been involved in 2 accidents, both happened when I was riding my bicycle. The first time I was on a dirt road and somehow lost my balance and hit a sharp rock with my knee. This was my first "opportunity" to see one of my bones. ^^ After that I was in hospital for six days. Taking out the stitches actually hurt more than the accident and the stitching itself. The scar is still visible. The second time I was crossing a road and got hit by a car. My bike was totally wrecked but luckily no one was injured.
(ID #158833) Posted on 2008/03/20 10:26
VF-25 Pilot. Universariate Scholar.
May whoever that passed away there be granted peace in the afterlife. closest i ever came to an accident was nearly driving my car into a monsoon drain during driver's ed. witnessed an accident lately when a biker lost control of his bike and got hit by a car. Really horrific.
(ID #158834) Posted on 2008/03/20 10:28
Procurement officer / Teacher
Sad :( and it’s the third such incident since Monday!
(ID #158847) Posted on 2008/03/20 11:09
Thats very surprising and disturbing, my condolences for the one who took his own life. I haven't witness a death, but I did witness a elderly having fainted in the streets which I just walked pass from the other side of the road (No, I'm not heartless as you think). I did how ever stopped and think of what to do, but then there was a man tending the elderly guy... hell, I was only lil' then. Though, If I did see a gory seen like a truck turned over with the driver injured or death like the one near Hatfield... My near death experience? Walking across a fast heavy traffic (it was morning) without knowing... my mate catched up from behind like, out of the blue, to tell me that I had a death wish or somehting. It took him like 1-3 mins to cross that road o.X where as I took like.. nothing.. I waltzed across like a mad man!
(ID #158849) Posted on 2008/03/20 11:11
My brother and his friend were playing a game where they'd throw a broomstick to each other and then catch it, and I was on the porch texting. I hear a "Heads up!" and look up just in time to catch the stick in my eye. Somehow, my vision in it is still perfect. :P
(ID #158853) Posted on 2008/03/20 11:29
Where are the Guro pics????
(ID #158861) Posted on 2008/03/20 11:50
Software Engineer
I don't envy the clean up crew.
(ID #158905) Posted on 2008/03/20 12:46
Leisure Consultant, Writer, Webmaster
Never been in a serious accident but I came close a few times. Do more people jisatsu themselves in Tokyo than Osaka? I never had the wait because someone killed themselves down in Kansai......
(ID #158921) Posted on 2008/03/20 13:02
Student and Miku Guardian
That is just sad to see a person comitted suicide.. In Singapore, when someone jumps, the train company just say that there will be a train disruption.. The news will only come out in the newspaper or on tv.. Though I'm happy to say that they are now putting up barriers like those found in underground stations.. Though 20 minutes to get the train back on service is quite fast.. Service here will resume in 1 hour plus the fastest..
(ID #158922) Posted on 2008/03/20 13:02
だいがくせい
broke an arm skateboarding once, about 4 years ago. it snapped but luckily didnt break off completely. think hinge effect but with bones =/ so i rushed to hospital and got myself a cast, which is brutal in summer in Miami. luckily enough didnt deter me from getting back into skateboarding, just more aware now.
(ID #158933) Posted on 2008/03/20 13:11
Japanese Student
Looks really scary...
(ID #158937) Posted on 2008/03/20 13:16
thats scary ><.
(ID #158939) Posted on 2008/03/20 13:24
Procrastinator Extraordinaire
I haven't had the shock (or sometimes amusement) of seeing a live person die in front of me. But through the power of the Intarnets I can say I've seen a few grisly things, even if its just in video. Rotten.com and liveleak are good places if your into real-life stuff like this. I fell of a speeding motorcycle in heavy traffic once when i was 15. Almost got hit by a car which, lucky for me, hit the brakes just in time. it cut my head up real good though but thankfully i didn't get any skull fractures. I still laugh about it, even though i came so close to the great unknown that time.
(ID #158950) Posted on 2008/03/20 13:38
Student & Accountant
Most serious accident i've been in is probably car accident 15 years ago. Our car got t-boned by some idiot who ran a red. Those were the pre-airbag days too. Most rain accidents here involving people on the tracks are usually due to heavy drinking. A guy who was at my school was hit by a train while crossing the tracks drunk. He tripped and dropped a box of beer and i guess in his drunken state he took a little too long picking it up again.
(ID #158956) Posted on 2008/03/20 14:07
Mobile Market Consultant - Designer
I was on the Yamanote sen, on my way to Akihabara with some friends who came from Spain, when this happened and the whole line stopped both ways. It's really shocking for me to find out the pictures of the same event that gave me trouble changing to Subway from JR last afternoon. First time for me - blogs are really ahead of normal news sites this days...
(ID #158958) Posted on 2008/03/20 14:11
I was parking my bike at the Local Harley Davidson shop, and as I took my helmet off, I heard a horns, and an impact. A man had been walking across the crosswalk and a bus turning left had hit him at low speed. From where I was standing I could hear the man choking, and he was obviously unconscious. His ragged breathing sounded like he was right beside me, even though he was a good 100ft away. Everyone was just standing around, not doing anything. The traffic was stopped so I ran across all the lanes and kneeled down in front of him, cleared his airway, and put him on his side.. my other hand was fumbling with my cell to call 911. The man was out cold, and his head had hit the pavement backwards... I wont go into detail, but it was gruesome. People were giving me towels and rags to stop the horrible blood loss from his head, and he had lacerations everywhere, I had to scream at a kid to get him to stop staring (by kid I mean my age) and get him to put pressure on a large laceration on his wrist. Luckily a vet was across the way, and they brought medical gear and were as much help as they could be until the EMT's arrived. I dont remember leaving the scene, just sitting down by one of the bikes in the showroom and someone handed me a water. I only ever told my gf, I knew there wasnt much I could do for him, especially since Im not a doctor.. but what else was I supposed to do? @necrophadian, Im glad you survived that one. I have close calls all the time on my motorcycle, because someone isnt paying attention.
(ID #158959) Posted on 2008/03/20 14:12
That is sad to read. When will the subway companies (all over the world) consider to put sliding door along the plateforms ?!! The cost argument cannot be waived when you see the death of a human being and the mess (and cost) of the consequences. Sigh, anyway when somebody wants to die, he/she will allways find a way. But at least not in front of everybody or in a way that could prejudice other people like in a subway.
(ID #158969) Posted on 2008/03/20 14:25
College Student
Me and 2 of my friends went Canyon Carving the other day. One of my friends decided to try and drift his 94 Nissan Sentra. It was going well he said until unfortunately on his fourth turn, he couldn't turn the wheel back in time and he hit the curve near the cliff. Fortunate for him, he didn't go all the way, just 1/4 of his car. Well, we manage to tow his car back to the road. Quite horrific to me since i was a few feet away behind him. Imagine seeing your friend driving off the cliff... Well, Needless to say, he wants to go back again. lol!
(ID #158974) Posted on 2008/03/20 14:28
Luckily I have not been in an accident myself. I did have a few close calls, Almost got run over by a van before while I was on my bike, the breaks slipped and I almost went in the middle of the road, I was in a side-lane, but the van stopped right in front of me. I hit my head pretty bad a few times, once I had to get stitches, but I think that's about as bad as it got for me. I did witness a few pretty bad accidents before. I was in a car and saw another car drive off the highway and flip a few times in the grass area on the side. I think I counted 4, so it was upright afterwards, but that must'be been pretty bad.
(ID #158978) Posted on 2008/03/20 14:29
Broke my arm once falling off a sea-saw when I was 8. Then while rollerblading I missed a rail pretty bad and landed on my tailbone. Couldn't walk for a couple of days there, my god did that hurt.
(ID #158983) Posted on 2008/03/20 14:33
suicide is never the answer
(ID #158986) Posted on 2008/03/20 14:37
Geek Liaison
Well I've been in a couple of semi-serious accidents. The second was when my car got t-boned, I was drive a 78 Monte Carlo (Big 2door sedean) They were drive a Geo Sport (Small 2door sports car). No one had any major injures, I crack my head on the door frame, them minor bumps and bruises. It did end up totaling their car while mine only had about $400 damage. The first one was a bit more major. This was back before I had a car and was riding my bike home from work about 10 o'clock at night. I got hit by a car as I was going through an intersection. I saw it coming and swerved out in front of it instead of going over the hood. It threw me in to the middle of the road wreaking my bike and my glasses. I ended up getting 10 stitches over my eye, a mild concussion and a broken collar bone. Ended up spending the night in the hospital, and with the broken collar bone I couldn't work for 2 months. Guy got away with leaving the scene of an accident cause he stopped and asked if I was OK, that and the cops around here at the time were morons.
(ID #158990) Posted on 2008/03/20 14:44
Train suicides are getting popular in Singapore so now they're building new train stations with those doors that open only after the train has arrived.
(ID #158991) Posted on 2008/03/20 14:49
here in mumbai, india there are on average 5 people knocked down everyday. fault is bcause ppl dont pay attention while crossing tracks and are always in a hurry to get home or go to office. got used to 5-10 mins late trains due to this everyday now.
(ID #158997) Posted on 2008/03/20 15:16
my latest n worst accident I've had is last year when i lost control of my car hit the road divider this let my car fly n hit another car from the opposite direction, I'm lucky I survived the crash unharmed ^^;
(ID #159002) Posted on 2008/03/20 15:29
Online Shop
About 2-3 months ago, I was driving my car on freeway and suddenly, some plastic trash can fell off the truck in front of me. I reacted without thinking and swirled quickly to right and then one of my tires blew off and my car went spinning on middle of freeway for good 20 seconds. Luckily no car came to hit me or I would of been a goner for sure. I was able to pull my car off to sideway. My life did not flash before me so I guess I wasn't ready to die that time...
(ID #159013) Posted on 2008/03/20 16:40
I wrote before that back here in Brussels we have in our metro an average of suicide attempts about ONE EVERY THREE WEEKS.......I know 'cause I run a public transport facility ( tramways).....as for serious injuries.....every single day almost. And what you describe are pretty much the same standard procedures as the ones we aply...with just a slight difference ...we cut the traffic in both directions instantly and evacuate the entire location...so there's almost no chance for someone to get some footage... But in any case it's terrible to end like that
(ID #159016) Posted on 2008/03/20 17:10
hey, call me creepy, weird or whatever, but i'd like to be in that place when suicide happen. watching to many horror/gore movie numb my sense of sick/disturbing already, i just would like to see the real 1 when it happen
(ID #159037) Posted on 2008/03/20 18:17
Hobby Store clerk guy thing...
Holy Crap! You don't get that kind of events here witht he train system. My curious side would want to see this accident in first person, but curiousity killed the cat =/
(ID #159048) Posted on 2008/03/20 19:10
damn... that's just scary ;;
(ID #159065) Posted on 2008/03/20 20:11
I tend to destroy my cars, But I've been lucky not landing in the hospital yet. (touch wood) And since driving Bus now, there are a lot of close calls, people in Sydney are too busy driving while using their mobile phones that they didn't 'see' this BUS next to them. I know its bad, but I usually tell them if they want to die, jump in front of a train instead of bus.
(ID #159070) Posted on 2008/03/20 20:29
Illustrator & Designer
I've been pretty lucky so far that the most serious accident I've been involved in was when I was about 15, I got hit by a turning car while crossing the street on my bmx. The driver ran the amber and didn't bother to stop for the pedestrian crossing and basically plough me onto her bonnet! Luckily I came out of it with only a slight bruised ankle and a minor headache. Other than that one incident, I've fell off snowboarding and skateboarding a few times but nothing seriously hurt except my pride and a few sore areas.
(ID #159071) Posted on 2008/03/20 20:29
Part trooper, part -timer, 100% loser...
Can't say I've been in a serious accident before... I got knocked down by a bicycle though... The only accidents which needed stitching was when I was a kid, I fell down the staris, tore my lip... And another incident when my head hit the side of the table and there was a hole... Sorry to hear about the guy, so what happens next Danny? Does the family of the person need to pay or something?
(ID #159085) Posted on 2008/03/20 20:55
Writer/Academic/Code Monkey
An old lady drove across the street, onto the curb past the nature strip, past the pathway, through my front fence, through the garden, through the balcony into my bedroom where I was sitting. Total distance covered before she decided to slam on the breaks? 15 metres. Oh and I injury-less thankfully.
(ID #159104) Posted on 2008/03/20 21:32
Student
Oh my..Danny, you actually saw the body being mopped off the train tracks? That must have been quite a horrendous sight for you.
(ID #159118) Posted on 2008/03/20 22:13
Been in an motorbike accident my self, dont know if its serious enough, but i got 8 stitches in my knees a huge tear in my right forearm and yes you could see my kneecaps :P the worst accident i have seen is an motorbike rider getting run over by those shipping container trucks, another one is 2 motorbike punks on one speeding on the highway in front of us who ended up loosing balance and fliped and smashed head on into the street, though the guy in the front jumped off in time and rolled around bleh all are bad, scary too, and all involves motorbikes orz
(ID #159128) Posted on 2008/03/20 22:30
Sterilization Technician@ Prince Of Wales Hospital
never ever been injured seriously never been to the hospital for anything immune to alot really, can't say the same for the rest of my family though..
(ID #159133) Posted on 2008/03/20 22:39
hmm, never stayed in hospital before. the only time I need to go to the hospital was when I broke my right arm, haha
(ID #159155) Posted on 2008/03/20 23:23
Broke both arms at the same time off a rope swing.
(ID #159161) Posted on 2008/03/20 23:48
As for any traumatic injuries/accidents, I came close to death by jellyfish attack when I was young and also by a major asthma attack. Had to be hospitalized for both like in some drama. As for the whole 'why do they bother others?' thing, I think you guys are missing the point. Suicides in public are basically a cry for help whether they think that or whether it's subconscious. I had suicidal episodes in my life too and I don't think people commit suicides to not be noticed and forgotten. If you could be stopped, you will be. It happened to me before.
(ID #159218) Posted on 2008/03/21 02:14
well that sucks kind of scary actually, i live close to the Train Station(METRO) & i hear this kind of stuff happening from time to time but i've never seen it though
(ID #159224) Posted on 2008/03/21 02:21
Plastic train engineer
Never been injured too bad myself-- I did see this exact scene play out 8 years ago in Kobe though. Someone through himself into the path of the train at Oujikouen Station I think. Wasn't pretty.
(ID #159327) Posted on 2008/03/21 07:46
Serious accident.... hmm... If it means an accident which causes heavy injuries, I guess I haven't experienced one. Sometimes I'm involved in a car crash.. (the traffic here is terrible, especially the motorcycles) but luckily there's nothing really serious until now. Only damaged vehicles, no injuries. Oh, speaking about train accidents, it occurs quite often here too. But most of them are cars being crashed by the train. When the train is about to come, the streets are usually blocked, but still there are some cars which can't be patient, so they pass through. In the end, the cars will be trapped in the middle of the railway because the engine will be turned off (due to the magnetic force).
(ID #159331) Posted on 2008/03/21 08:18
marvin (Registered on 2006/12/25 00:54)
I was in a car accident once, the car I was in swerved off a cliff. thankfully we were all wearing seatbelts and we all survived with nothing but minor scatches. so folks, always remember to buckle up!
(ID #159393) Posted on 2008/03/21 10:53
I was in a car accident once when my friend was driving, and I was in the front passenger seat. My friend stopped at the stop sign, but then went without noticing a silver car that was in the direction the sun was in. We got hit at about 60 miles per hour on the driver's side (near the rear of the car). Luckily the car spun around and absorbed much of the impact, and I walked away with no injuries at all. The only injury my friend had was, ironically, from his air bag.
(ID #159407) Posted on 2008/03/21 11:37
College Student
I had one serious accident back when i was 6 or 7 years old, I crossed the street and got ran over by a motorcycle , fortunately i only had some bruises but nothing really serious. Speaking of trains, a lot of poor people here in the Philippines used to live along the side of rail roads (not the subway type) before they were eventually prohibited from living there. And well...almost every month or so, and sometimes in just a week, you get to hear news that someone from that community has been ran over and torn to pieces by an oncoming train. and it was really sad. If you wanna have an idea just how close, and i mean close they live to the train tracks, you can follow the link below. http://gmapinoytv.igma.tv /sidetrip/blog/uploads/ sidetrip-28.jpg
(ID #159602) Posted on 2008/03/22 00:41
College Student
oops, just repost the link properly http://gmapinoytv.igma.tv/sidetrip/blog/uploads/sidetrip-28.jpg
(ID #159604) Posted on 2008/03/22 00:43
dieting cosplaying female student
whoa! lately this is remind mi of the videos i have to watch in class called "red asphalt" showing ACTUAL dead people who got killed in car crashes honestly i reallie didnt find it all that disgusting with horrid images of death on the screen but in actual life seeing what you saw...not so sure abou that
(ID #159672) Posted on 2008/03/22 03:12
Visual Communications and Web 2.0
aww thats sad to hear news like this :-( I'm glad not many do it in Washington DC Metro. I have experienced delays for reason due to someone jumping but it was only one time. I like your "rescuing left overs" caption. Brings some humor in :P
(ID #159797) Posted on 2008/03/22 12:16
.NET/Web Developer
Never been a victim of an accident myself...but I've seen a few friends of mine break their hands/bones and stuff. I've encountered a lot of close calls though. Guess I'm ony of the lucky ones huh?
(ID #160066) Posted on 2008/03/23 03:38
I did get in a car accident once that totaled my stepdad's car. We were all fine, though, although I managed to luck out and get a huge gash on the side of my face. Luckily it was a pretty clean cut, so the scar just looks like a line.
(ID #160119) Posted on 2008/03/23 09:25
Student Engineer
ok accidents.... I can't really think of any accidents where I have seriously been hurt. I did break my leg when I was two by balancing myself on a kickball. I fell and landed on my leg with all of my weight, which crushed it a bit. It was a hairline fracture of my right thigh if I remember correctly, and boy did it hurt bad. I faintly remember that it wasn't painful prior to laying down and getting a cast. I have traveled down towards Harrisburg, PA and an 18 wheeler blew out a tire, and the shred landed under the SUV's tire in front of us and WHAM! hit our dashboard. Thanks to engineering and 3 layers of glass I am not decapitated. I have had roughly 4-6 "close calls" in about 3 years. My first was at a nasty intersection at a two lane highway: Although I didn't have the right of way I was making a legal and safe turn. Then, OUT OF NOWHERE this woman came out of a McDonalds parking lot at about 70mph (110kph estimate) and nearly collided with me on the side. I was driving back to campus a month ago and it was dusk (bad time to drive). Someone slammed on the breaks (five cars in front of me) and caused the four cars in front of me and myself to swerve out of the way. I did a 360 and remembered thinking "I am going to hit this guy!" (one of the other cars swerving)/ Thank god I didn't and the only damage was a ton of mud caked on my truck. Took 20 minutes to get out of a foot of mud in the cornfields. My dad has been hit by 18 wheelers and old grandmas alike. People drive VERY dangerous around here, and most of the drivers to blame are from New Jersey and New York. Not all drivers from NJ or NY are bad, I have seen some that will not tailgate me for 20 miles. Some have. Police have stepped up their monthly quota and I see, almost every single time I go out on the road (3-4 times a week) at least two people pulled over. Introducing autonomous cars should eliminate the speeders. Two thirds of drivers on roads are aggressive, and usually I just let them by to protect myself. People always make mistakes and I am inconvinienced, but I don't mind because I have probably done it to. Stuff happens, we move on and we learn. Dangerous drivers need to be taken off the roads too. I enjoy boxing in speeders :) (140-160kph) I also slow down for tailgaters :)
(ID #161161) Posted on 2008/03/25 10:51
Plamo Addict
thats terrible. 5 years here and i've never seen that once. only heard of it.
(ID #161518) Posted on 2008/03/26 04:53
I saw that in the news this morning.....
(ID #162366) Posted on 2008/03/27 20:29
It is terrible!
(ID #183874) Posted on 2008/05/09 05:12
Student...darkly cute :3
It's always really sad to see things like this happen. I wonder why he/she did it? I have seen a fatal acident before. My friend and I were at her fathers rooftop apartment. We were looking over the balcony at the junction and saw a car try to skip the red light and hit a cyclist in the process. The car was a truck so needless to say, the cyclist died. It was horrible.
(ID #184807) Posted on 2008/05/10 14:10
Student // Collector // Gaijin
Ugh...that's kind sad, gross, and inconvenient all at the same time.
(ID #217614) Posted on 2008/06/20 10:09
a lot of Japanese commit suicide :( mostly because of stress there's usually about 40,000 of these suicide's in japan every year..
(ID #227494) Posted on 2008/07/02 08:28
my mom crashed in a 7 11 gas station once she had just fixed our car's brakes but the guy who fixed them had accidentally sniped something and they didn't work we left a huge hole in the back of the store we didn't get hurt though at all that's a good thing you wouldn't believe that we are both are still alive if you saw a picture of are car totally wrecked looks like those cars that get crushed at the junk yards lol...
(ID #227499) Posted on 2008/07/02 08:36
amatuer bum
Your puchiblurb necros thread danny ! But I have had my head cracked open during a playground swing accident. That was a big blur, you can imagine why, plus I was about 4 or 5 at the time. Another time I had the tip of my pinky cut off by my cousin slamming a very large heavy oak door on it when were about 5. Another Time I broke my collarbone when that same cousin above, was giving me a piggy back ride (or more like I jumped on his back) and he dropped me on the corner of a table. Interesting. It seems 5 years old was a bad age for me. (and yea my cousin is a goon!)
(ID #388352) Posted on 2008/11/27 22:27
amatuer bum
Oh yes, I forgot to mention the dismembered flesh of my pinky was successfully sewn back on by the surgeons at the local hospital. Unfortunately it's kind of a wicked looking scar deformity.
(ID #388356) Posted on 2008/11/27 22:29
College student / anime and manga okatu (in training)
hmm the only accidental accident that has ever happened to me was when someone slammed a door on my foot and my entire nail on my big toe broke off (-_-") ... hmm there were a few other accidents but it wasn't accidental o.O
(ID #408488) Posted on 2008/12/12 08:59
Danny, you are asking the wrong question. The obvious question in this case would be: "Have you ever considered suicide ?" 1) never 2) yes, but I changed my mind 3) yes The answers would be really interesting...
(ID #428119) Posted on 2008/12/29 09:38
It should have more options like 4) it will work next time, I'm sure 5) worked well the first time so no reason to consider it again
(ID #428123) Posted on 2008/12/29 09:45
Mahasiswa yang terdampar di Singapura.
The worst was probably when i was 3 years old.. fell of stairs and the impact was right at the back of my head... i fainted and only remember waking up in the car, vomitting, then fainted again... remember, it was back when i was 3, so i can barely remember it... The doctor said that there's some blood clogging inside my head, causing swelling and needed to be operated or else... basically they're about to cut open a 3 years old boy's scalp... By miracle, on the night before operation, the swelling subside, and against my doctor advice, my parents insist for another MRI scan, to my doctor amazement, there's no more blood clog. Truly a miracle.. Thank God... ToT Other accidents in my life: Broken Arm, after fell on the bathroom (7 years old) Dislocated Leg joints, While playing by jumping from a stage (5 years old) Got my hand stabbed on a fence, minor injury, not as messy as it sounds. Collision with a motorcycle, i was on a bike... bruises and scratches all over my body..
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