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2007 Reader Submission
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Darwin says, "Hmmm. Thanks for the submission, but it just doesn't sound foolhardy enough to me."
Honorable Mention

At 1am on March 22 at a train station in Melbourne's North, the Metropolitan Fire Brigade responded to a call by a passing train driver. The crews found a man, aged in his 20s, hanging from a fence impaled by his foot.

A 15 centimetre (5 - 6 inch) section of the metal fence went into the man's foot and up through his heel, leaving him hanging upside down.

The injured man (who's name was witheld) was taken to the Royal Melbourne hospital where surgeons removed the part of the metal fence that was still in his foot.

It seems that the man had attempted to jump the fence only a few metres away from an unlocked gate leading onto the platform.

The train service also later revealed that the train he was running to catch was a freight train, not the passenger train he was expecting.

Submitted on 03/21/2007

Submitted by: Stephen Moore
Reference: The Age Newspaper (Australia) March 22, 2007

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Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
Wow, Stephen, what a bizarre story. Not only was he running for the wrong train but he tried to jump a fence rather than use a nearby gate? Sure sounds like a good HM to me. Thanks!

Chip said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
Up and over instead of using the gate? I can picture tnis one hanging there in pain not just from his foot but from the realization that the train was a freight train! Great story. Thanks for sending it Stephen

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