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NEWS Man is decapitated after looking out of the carriage window and being hit by an oncoming train on the Gatwick Express

harry
Last updated: August 8, 2016, 00:02 UTC
Published: Monday, August 8, 2016, at 00:02 UTC
Category: News
Author: harry
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This news article contains graphic information:

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Gatwick Express passenger on a train to Gatwick airport was ‘decapitated’ after his ‘head flew off’ when he stuck his head out of carriage window.

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The man was on board from the airport to London Victoria station and suffered a head injury when he was struck by an oncoming train.

Police and ambulance crews rushed to Wandsworth Common station in London.

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Eyewitness Rhianna told Wandsworth Radio that the man put his head out of the window and didn’t notice that a train was coming in the opposite direction.

She said: ‘He lifted his head out and basically he didn’t notice that the train was coming so all you see is basically a head gone.

‘The head flew off basically. I actually ran because it was disgusting but all I saw was a head flew away.’ 

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