Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Man killed urinating on live train track

A tourist needing the loo at a railway station was killed by having a wee — on a live track.

The victim was electrocuted after he crept into a recess to relieve himself.

It is thought his urine splashed on the line and he died instantly when a 750-volt charge leaped up at him.

Staff found his body after he was filmed on CCTV going into the nook at Vauxhall, South London, and failing to come out again.

The man, a 41-year-old married teacher from Poland, is believed to have been on a visit to Britain to improve his English. A source said: “Perhaps because he was from Poland he had no idea the rail was electrified. His family back home are heartbroken.”

About 40 per cent of Britain’s 10,200 miles of train track is electrified.

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