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Britain
Woman killed 'leaning out of train window' between Bath and Bristol
2018-12-03
[BBC] A woman killed on a train may have been leaning out of a window when she suffered a blow to the head, police said.

She died after sustaining serious head injuries on a Bristol Temple Meads-bound service, between Bath and Keynsham.

Police said the woman's death, at about 22:10 GMT on Saturday, was not being treated as suspicious.

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch has been informed.

A British Transport Police statement said: "We were called at around 10.10pm following a report a woman had received serious head injuries while travelling on a train between Bath and Keynsham."

It continued: "Initial inquiries suggest the woman may have been leaning out of a window when she suffered a blow to the head.

"Officers are currently working to confirm her identity and inform her next of kin."
Posted by:Besoeker

#4  Just ban windows so we don't have these accidents.
Posted by: mossomo   2018-12-03 23:04  

#3  Reminds me of a very puzzling case history dealing with forensic pathology. Police found a stalled car at the side of the road with a headless corpse in the driver's seat. Few scrapes on the right side of the vehicle. Best explanation for what happen was the driver lost control, went onto the right shoulder. No seat belt. Car scraped a bridge abutment on the right. Driver was thrown to the right side of the front seat. Head hung out the window until the abutment forcibly removed it. Car continued on its way under the bridge & came to rest quite a distance away. Body lurched back to this original position. The bridge abutment was found to have a large amount of blood , etc. splashed on it.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2018-12-03 14:04  

#2  I saw this in an episode of "The Young Ones".
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2018-12-03 06:53  

#1  Trains, why do they hate us ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-12-03 03:09  

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