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Tram drags man with him

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A 28-jear old man from Merksem died yesterday morning at the Groenplaats by a tram accident. Six controllers of "De Lijn" (the company that owned the tram), had disembarked there, and saw the accident happen.

Powerless they ran after the tram. They couldn't warn the driver in time.

The accident happened at 7.45 (am). A double tram came from the Bolivarplaats and stopped at the stop at the Groenplaats. A hurried man wanted to cross the street. Because of a reason unkown, he crawled over the joint connecting the two pieces of the tram.

The unsuspecting driver left at that moment, causing the victim to lose his balance and fall under the weels of the back-end part. Controllers of De Lijn saw how the man was being dragged and ran after the tram to warn their college.

He was being contacted by the central report room in the meanwhile and stopped. The tram had arrived at the nexwt station allready by that time, about twohundred meters further. The victim had been brought to the Sint-Vincentius hospital but died in the ambulance.

According to De Lijn was it impossible to see what was happening wetween the two pieces of the tram. Also, there was nobody on the allmost empty tram that witnessed the accident and could pull on the emergency break. 'The driver is impressed'.

image of the article:http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/1886/darwinarwardski1.jpg

Submitted on 02/06/2008

Submitted by: Bart Spiers
Reference: De Standaard (a newspaper) 4th of Februari, 2008, Belgium

Copyright © 2008 DarwinAwards.com

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Chip said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
Bart, it is a bit difficult to follow your story but if I understand it correctly the guy deserves at least a nod here. Thanks for the story


Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
Trying to save a few seconds by climbing over the connector between two tram cars isn't worth it, and this guy proved it perfectly. Thanks, Bart.


James said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
Oh, I get it now! This gent took the most DIRECT route, but it turned out to be quite the dead end! Yes, a bit difficult to follow, but it makes sense. Rather stupid indeed!


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