Barely a scratch on drunk run over by train
A drunk man sleeping between railway tracks in southern Japan suffered only
slight injuries when he was run over by an express train that did not even wake
him. Railway officials say the 73-year-old fell asleep on the track. The
conductor spotted him but applied the emergency brake too late. The train ran
over the man and continued for 100 metres before stopping.The man was
rushed to hospital but proved to have sustained only minor cuts on the back of
his left hand and left thigh. Police say the man was too drunk to realise what
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