Re: Boy, 15, cracks skull in train leap

["Scott Beecham" <snoa@dingoblue.net.au>]

"Dennis Rittson" <drittson@cia.com.au> wrote in message
3A2456CA.5015AD62@cia.com.au">news:3A2456CA.5015AD62@cia.com.au...
> Scott Beecham wrote:
> >
> > (copied from the terrograph on Monday, couldn't find an online version)
> >
> > "When an express train failed to stop at Auburn Station sunday, teenager
> > Christopher Newtown made a dangerous decision. At 4:45am the 15-year-old
> > prized apart the doors, crouched and then lept from the train which was
> > travelling about 50-60km/h.
> > He hit the platform fracturing his skull, breaking his collarbone and
> > cutting his face.
> >
> > The Auburn train enthusiast had been riding in trains most of the night
> > before catching the west-bound suburban service express from Central.
> >
> > Police said when he was found on the platform early on sunday he had an
> > exercise book with him detailing the timetables of trains he caught
> > recently. The book had entries which shown he had been ridiing around in
the
> > trains since about 11pm the previous night, stopping for a few hours at
Town
> > Hall.
>
> I hope he had the correct platform ticket.
>
>

I would go far as to suggest he had no ticket.... Looking at the
circumstances it appears he snuck out when his parents went to bed to get
his rail fix, jump on the trian and went for a ride. He probably wanted to
get home before his parents woke up.