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When I used to ride CalTrain
CW: suicide
most of the fatalities were stressed high school kids jumping in front of the train on purposeper the COC thread that CW should be for suicide rather than self-harm as those are different things and non-suicidal self-harm is common
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What a fucking awful way to die. I can't imagine choosing to go like that.
It's probably very quick but scary for a couple of seconds. Those poor fucking engineers on the other hand.
CW- personal experience involving exactly this
I once was a few blocks away when someone jumped in front of a train. They weren't very mentally stable and had been in a downward spiral for a while. People I knew (who knew the person better than I did) said they just declared they were going to do it, marched right up to the tracks, and did it.
The length of the train meant that about a half-mile length through town was completely obstructed for several hours while cleanup and paperwork were done, and there was a milling crowd around the 50-foot-or-so perimeter. I caught a glimpse of a bodybag but people who were closer said there really wasn't much left of the body.