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sledbelly t1_j7pmpcs wrote

Very sad situation. She was barely out of the hospital after trying to commit suicide on New Year’s Day.

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DidDunMegasploded t1_j7pqyo1 wrote

Where does it say that in the article? Do you know this woman personally or?

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Dr_Clout t1_j7pgwnl wrote

28 people on that train. What’re the odds 1 of them is effected by this later in life mentally in some way? Including the drivers that have to deal with this.

Isn’t this the same crossing that 2 siblings committed suicide last year? Imagine if it were the same conductor smh

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yzfmike OP t1_j7phwb7 wrote

Its very close, the 2 from last year was barely a mile down the track if even that. Yeah someone will have a breakdown. Engineers are tough cookies, because they have too.

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hurriedfashion t1_j7qgedq wrote

I was on a train where this happened once... you would hope none of the passengers would actually witness what happened (I didn't), but it's still tremendously sad and it sticks with you for a long time. Sadly pretty common for train engineers to have this happen, I hope they get all the resources they need after events like this.

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runlikethewind5 t1_j7r3r2k wrote

I can’t imagine the horror of knowing you can’t stop in time and seeing it happen right in front of you.

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uppitycrip t1_j7r8q8j wrote

I was supposed to take the train home from Boston but I didn’t because of whatever and they had the first person to commit suicide that day so I’m glad I wasn’t there but it just happens too much. So sorry for anyone affected

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Blackish1975 t1_j7sef8m wrote

Have the same feeling with animals in the road - cant imagine another human.

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Seyword t1_j7qhy1d wrote

Seems impossible to witness it as a passenger. The only front row seats are for the engineer.

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Competitive-Bison t1_j7sfhvq wrote

People in town witnessed this in real time. I don’t know how you process something so horrible

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Jealous-Library712 t1_j7t6qdk wrote

Where did you hear this? She was a friend of mine as well. I didn’t know there were eye witnesses aside from the engineer…

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LockAggressive5516 t1_j7px9qd wrote

That's a messed up way to go

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yzfmike OP t1_j7pxk7q wrote

Its been a way for people to go for a long time and will not stop anytime soon. We need more mental health facilities...

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exploremore617 t1_j7q59u8 wrote

Mental Health facilities are a bit of the joke tbh. Low staffed and/or sadistic staff, doctors are constantly leaving. Little to no real care offered. A lot of the beds are filled with homeless who are just given drugs and no real treatment. Mental Health is extremely difficult/a joke unless your top of the middle class and have a support system

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lifeissisyphean t1_j7qip6e wrote

Warehousing IS the mental health treatment in this state. The absolute extent on it.

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Super-Lychee8852 t1_j7tjo17 wrote

It's incredibly difficult. Since there aren't any blanket solutions to mental health issues, each patient requires a lot of individual attention which needs a lot of labor hours. Realistically for best results every patient would need their own specialist who focuses on just the one person until they get to a point where they're no longer at risk. But even a specialist per 6 patients is very expensive and just not enough people in the industry to hire from. Just so incredibly demanding

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Sarge75 t1_j7pzuba wrote

No way. We closed them all because they were cruel. Cant go back on that now.

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Satie2Cage t1_j7xbr51 wrote

Super traumatic for the engineers driving the train.

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piratecheese13 t1_j7r4pbf wrote

I thought the title was going to say “Biddeford-Lewiston” and almost had a stroke wondering where Auburn went

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rectumlike t1_j7r5368 wrote

Trains very seldom swerve to hit people.

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EdSmelly t1_j7qwwvg wrote

That’s what usually happens when you’re hit by a train.

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[deleted] t1_j7pe28b wrote

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Majestic-Feedback541 t1_j7pgl6q wrote

The train track should have been a dead giveaway

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bent_peepee t1_j7pptb7 wrote

they’re practically invisible. there should be flashing lights or a bell or maybe a bar near them

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Majestic-Feedback541 t1_j7py6ru wrote

Right? I mean, it's not like they're huge or anything. (I haven't been to this particular intersection in years, are there bars and flashing lights, bars and bells? I avoid Biddeford at all costs)

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bent_peepee t1_j7q0zdh wrote

in my experience as well trains have been large

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raynedanser t1_j7pnu6c wrote

You forgot/s

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bent_peepee t1_j7pprea wrote

really didn’t think it had to be spelled out but yes, that was sarcasm.

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DidDunMegasploded t1_j7pquhc wrote

Sarcasm isn't easily deciphered in text.

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Lieutenant_Joe t1_j7q6all wrote

I think most people detected the sarcasm. They’re probably like me and thought the joke was a bit tasteless. Especially when a friend of the deceased is in the comments section.

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[deleted] t1_j7ri0jb wrote

Nor is it really welcome in a thread about a suicide

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