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Man's arm trapped in train toilet

#1 Postby HURAKAN » Mon Oct 27, 2008 4:33 pm

Man's arm trapped in train toilet

A passenger on a French train had to be rescued by firemen after having his arm sucked down the on-board toilet.

The 26-year-old victim was trapped when he tried to fish out his mobile phone, which had fallen into the toilet bowl, and fell foul of the suction system.

The high-speed TGV train had to stop for two hours while firemen cut through the train's pipework.

The man was carried away by emergency services, with the toilet still attached to his arm.

"He came out on a stretcher, with his hand still jammed in the toilet bowl, which they had to saw clean off," said Benoit Gigou, a witness to the man's plight.

The incident happened on Sunday evening, aboard a train travelling in western France between La Rochelle and Paris.

Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/e ... 693386.stm
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Re: Man's arm trapped in train toilet

#2 Postby george_r_1961 » Mon Oct 27, 2008 7:11 pm

I heard he was looking a little flushed when they took him away.



:cheesy:
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Re: Man's arm trapped in train toilet

#3 Postby O Town » Mon Oct 27, 2008 9:00 pm

george_r_1961 wrote:I heard he was looking a little flushed when they took him away.



:cheesy:


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Re: Man's arm trapped in train toilet

#4 Postby Category 5 » Thu Oct 30, 2008 1:55 am

I'm afraid to ask WHY he had his arm in there.
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Re: Man's arm trapped in train toilet

#5 Postby Cyclenall » Thu Oct 30, 2008 2:44 am

Category 5 wrote:I'm afraid to ask WHY he had his arm in there.

Read the article to find out.
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