Saturday, August 30, 2008

Third time lucky?

From the "weekend kickback silly news" files:

Youth survives being hit by a train for the second time in Peru

A young Peruvian survived being hit by a train for the second time after falling asleep on the rail tracks while drunk, informs the Peruvian press.

EFE: Eddie Vincent Reyes, a 28 year old homeless drug addict, was hit by a train that was transporting minerals in the outskirts of Lima when he fell asleep on the railway line after a drinking session with friends.


The victim was dragged various metres by the locomotive, but only suffered contusions in the head and thorax and a fractured leg.


This is the second time that Reyes has survived this type of accident, as two years ago he lost a part of one leg after falling asleep on the rails and being run over by a train.