Don't try this at home

[mojo]

As some might know I work on the railway, I wouldn't recommend doing what this chap has done.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/7471043.stm

Quote of the day? "It is believed he landed on his head on the 750 volt live rail."

 

[orange71]

he's in his 40s and they're saying "it's not a playground". Don't think he was treating it as such :?

 

[Lysander]

Why do they say he's a cyclist?? Was he carrying his bike down stairs and running. Was he riding it?

Typical Shoddy Reporting..............I shall be writing A Stiff Letter To The BBC...........harumph.

 

[paddy01]

I'm given to understand that he rode his bike down the stairs onto the platform and couldn't stop, went off the platform onto the rails...

That's how I understood but I could be wrong

 

[Lysander]

rode his bike down the stairs onto the platform and couldn't stop, went off the platform onto the rails...

and headfirst into a cloud of sparks......

Aye, that's the impression given........in which case, it becomes a Darwinian Process, and, let's face it, quite entertaining to see!!