Man held after leaping from train platform, pulling woman with him

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Badge213 at 12:23 AM JST - 1st June

The train doors had just closed and the train was right to proceed, good thing the driver stopped it from going.
kirakira25 at 01:42 AM JST - 1st June

You have got to be exceptionally drunk to try to kill yourself by jumping in front of a stationary train. Methinks this wasn't a suicide attempt, but a drunken stumble and a grab as he fell. Either way completely horrible forthe poor woman involved and I hope she gets better soon and he gets what's coming to him.
KnowBetter at 04:33 AM JST - 1st June

What a whack job! First he takes someone with him... WRONG! Second he jumps in front of a stationary train... FAIL!

Even when I've been 3 sheets to wind and then some I've been able to keep my wits about me. Hell, one time (at band camp) I was crawling home after drinking sooo much that I knew wasn't going to make it home without first tossing my cookies along the way so I took the last car. Midway home that feeling that I lost the battle surged up so I held it until we pulled into a station. I got out and went to the back of the train and blew chunks onto the tracks so to minimize the mess and smell. I even got a nod from the conductor who was amazed by the fact this gaijin had managed to handle this without messing up his train or the platform.
sakurasuki at 08:34 AM JST - 1st June

Did he watch the Titanic before he jump?
Samuraiiki at 09:04 AM JST - 1st June

My rule is, stand against the wall where nobody from behind can come to you. Or, never be the first on line.
mindovermatter at 01:13 PM JST - 1st June

What is up with these punks...? If you want to kill yourself, fine, go ahead... but don't try to take some innocent victim along because you are having a bad day.

Typical Japanese cowardice...
realist at 01:46 PM JST - 1st June

So this guy jumped in front of a STATIONARY train? Clever kids, these Japanese university students! My sympathies are with the poor unfirtunate lady he pulled with him. He should be locked up in a padded cell for a few years for this attempted murder.
IfeelImust at 04:10 PM JST - 1st June

Stationary train, ever been drunk? Things seem to move man! 100% agree stirfry.
Yelnats at 07:41 PM JST - 1st June

Still drunk in the morning, swaying and thinking the train is moving cause in your mind it is,and then go to drop and grab on to anything close by....poor woman should have been a soda machine instead. He was messed up and she happened to be his pillow.
mnemosyne23 at 05:26 AM JST - 2nd June

Are we sure he leaped? Or did he fall? The man was drunk. I can easily envision the following scenario:

Drunk man stumbles or shuffles his way through the station. His vision is blurry, maybe he's even seeing double. He mistakes the location of the edge of the platform and steps off into midair. His body reacts to the lack of solid footing and he instinctively flails out to grab the nearest support, which unfortunately happened to be the 59 year old woman. They both tumble in front of the train, resulting in injuries to both parties and arrest for the man in question.

I need to know more about the man in question and his state of mind before I'm going to buy "attempted murder" as a legitimate charge in this case. If he was genuinely suicidal, and vindictive enough to want to "take someone with him" into the next life, then okay, attempted murder is completely valid. But if he was just drunk, stupid and clumsy, then book him with public drunkeness and disorderly conduct and require him to pay restitution to the injured woman. Don't clog up the judicial system with inflated charges.

Does anyone else feel like this is an attempt on the part of the Japanese criminal justice system to appear effective and "on-the-ball"? "Hey, still no luck finding Lindsay Hawker's killer, but look at who we caught! This drunk kid who tried to kill some random lady by jumping off a train platform with her and landing in front of a stationary train!" I just don't buy it.
vultor at 10:43 AM JST - 2nd June

why is a 20 year old drunk at 9:25 am?

Why the hell not?
ant721 at 04:47 AM JST - 4th June

Unfortunatly, when an older person breaks a hip, they don't live more than a year or two after. If this woman dies within a year, then the assailant should be charged with murder!
Mz at 08:24 PM JST - 4th June

mnemosyne23 - as soon as I read this I thought hang on, since he was drunk, couldn't he have stumbled and fallen, grabbing the woman for balance? I agree with you
amerijap at 12:51 AM JST - 5th June

Hallucination, suicidal attempt involving other individual. There's no excuse, period.
Coolasapool at 05:28 PM JST - 5th June

sounds like he was just twisted and was falling, so what do you do? instinctively grab on to the nearest thing you can find... you really are guilty before proven innocent in Japan eh?