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A Ukrainian couple's inability to rein in their passion for each other ended in tragedy when a woman was killed by a locomotive and her partner had his legs torn off during pre-dawn love-making on a railway track, police said Sunday.
The accident took place in the southeastern Ukrainian region of Zaporizhia early Saturday.
"Returning from our friends', my girlfriend and I could not overcome our passionate nature and wanted to feel a sense of thrill near a railway track," a police statement quoted the 41-year-old man as saying.
A police spokesman separately told AFP Sunday that the pair was believed to have been drunk.
The woman died on the spot while the man was hospitalised with his legs torn off below the knee.
Police did not release the names of the victims, saying it had opened a criminal probe over the safety violation.
© (C) 2013 AFP
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Die Intellectual
Genius has its limits, foolishness does not.
ControlFreak
Stupid is as stupid dies.
Triumvere
Dumbfounding.
(One would imagine having sex on a conglomeration of rusted metal, splintery wood, and gravel would be uncomfortable enough, even without the part about being run over by a locomotive.)
Get Real
Mission accomplished!
MarkG
Desperate indeed! On train tracks? Really! Greasy, cold steel, chem treated wood or cold concrete ties, gravel to larger stone, trash, rodents....
TheDevilsAssistant
Love is blind, so I hear. Is love also deaf? They didn't hear the locomotive cumming?
lostrune2
What about his 3rd leg? At least that's OK, right?
OssanAmerica
Some real stories defy imagination.
Cos
I can believed they were drunk. How many gallons of booze gets you so insane ?
Marilita Fabie-Fujisawa
Wild animals
Stan Dingback
Maybe it was one of those new-fangled hybrid-electric trains that sneak up on people who are too busy sexting...
Laguna
A tragedy certainly. Still, if there is any silver lining, it did remind me of The O'Jays great hit of 1972, Love Train.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTp0AlTuPNA
ControlFreak
Darwin awards are already closed this year. Both the winner and runner-up spots are filled. Hell, they might sweep it again next year!
Elbuda Mexicano
What a horrible and stupid way to die! And also to have your legs torn off! After looking at all of the crazy car accidents in Russia, ok this was the Ukraine, I really doubt much difference, I wish I could say I was surprised. RIP horny Ukranian woman
umbrella
If they were that drunk, how could he er get excited for the action??
HonestDictator
Last time I was in a situation similar to this it was on a beach... at night... and away from the waves.... not train tracks. I guess too much liquor makes everything look like the right thing to do huh?