Man commits suicide at Beijing subway station

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Published on October 19, 2006 By anydigitizing In Business

BEIJING, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- A man killed himself by jumping off the platform in front of a train at a Beijing subway station on Wednesday, local police said.

The accident occurred at 2:37 p.m. at Chongwenmen Station on the No.2 Line, which circles the central area of the capital.

The driver activated the emergency brake but failed to stop in time as the man was too close, the police said.

The electricity was cut off following the incident and the subway was suspended for 50 minutes.

The name and the age of the man have not been released. Enditem
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Comments

jennifer1

on Oct 20, 2006

That is such a selfish way out. What the driver must see every night for the rest of his life in his nightmares must be awful.

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