Canada: Man survives being run over by train

[John Ashworth]

Man survives being run over by train

25 May 2012, 12:10
Orange News

A Canadian man survived being run over by a train when he passed out between railway tracks after a drinking session.

The man, from Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, was unhurt in the incident which happened outside Elko, British Columbia.

He was spotted by a Canadian Pacific train conductor who sounded the horn and hit the emergency brakes, reports the Calgary Herald.

But the train couldn't stop in time and rode over the man. By the time it stopped, 26 carriages had passed over him.

"The guy seemed to wake up and he got up, grabbed his beer and headed on his way," said RCMP Sgt Dave Dubnyk.

"He's of fairly slight stature and the train went completely over top of him.

"Amazingly, I don't know how you wouldn't wake up even being that passed out drunk, how you wouldn't wake up from that train rumbling over top of you with the brakes screeching."

Canadian Pacific police are investigating but no charges have been laid against the man.