the latest retardness from South Africa - train surfing, 5 dead in the past week only
 

A 25-year-old man is in a critical condition after he fell off the side of a train while 'train-surfing' in Roodepoort on Saturday morning, Johannesburg emergency services said.

"He lost grip, fell off, smashed one ankle, amputated his right leg above the knee and is in critical condition in hospital."

"The incident was a part of a game which involved people jumping onto the outer carriages of a train while trying to balance or ride the train like a surf board."

In March, a 15-year-old boy, and scores of other children, also died at Ikwezi station, while playing the same game.

man, stupidity at its best

it is played here as well sort of

i had some friends who used to see how close to the train they could stand


:(

in the days of shows like 'jackson' this is normal now.

that actually sounds like fun, how exactly do you play this game?

I guess they get bored chasing wildebeast and elephants

not very close cause they can suck you right under them..

People are such idiots sometimes

Weren't they doing the same thing down in Brazil back in the early 90's?

I'm sure I saw footage of that happening, and idiots dying.

no vids?

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Deer resting atop power pole near Baltimore, MD after being hit by a train.

Train Survives Collision With Deer In Baltimore, Maryland Rural Area
No One Hurt (Almost) In Late Night Deer-Train Accident

April 10, 2004
By O. J. Cunningham

Service call of the month from a Baltimore Gas & Electric residential customer.

BGE received a call from a customer saying: "My power is out. When you come to fix it be sure to bring a truck with a tall enough bucket to remove the deer."

The customer service rep, prudently trying to gather helpful information to help diagnose the problem, asked, "What deer?"

The customer replied, "There is a dead deer on top of one of the electric poles on Wilkes Rd about 1/2 mile west of Perimeter Rd."

The customer service rep tried desperately to pull herself together and not laugh in front of the customer and replied, "We will dispatch someone right away to investigate the power outage. Thank you for the call".

Upon completion of the call, the customer service rep proceeded to share the funny story with her coworkers in the office and they all had a good laugh.

Below:Additional pictures of the deer atop the pole.






Well, lo! and behold!, the serviceman who repaired the problem stopped by the customer service office the following day with these pictures.

Sure enough, the deer had been hit by a train & landed on top of a distribution feeder pole!

seemed prudent

poor deer, but that's kinda funny...

hehe :)