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person hit by train perth

Last week i was on the train between gosnells and maddington there was a thud.... and the train came to a sudden hault. I initually thought that we had perhaps clipped a car don't know how but when the train driver came on speaker; you could tell by his shaky voice that something had happened! From there we had to wait about 40mins on the train still unaware what/who had been hit; when we were advised that we were to leave the train through the driver's cabin. At this point I leaned against the window  and looked towards the back of the train and about 100metres back i could see police in a half cirlce around a white sheet on the ground. Obviously a person had been hit by the train but that day and since I've checked on the internet to find anythig out about it but there is nothing... only if talking to another person that knew or was on the same train as me. This is how I concluded after reading some other 'train incidents' as it's called by TransPerth that it was a suicide otherwise it would have been in the Media.

 1. I feel really sorry for the family that had lost their family member.

2. Shows there are more suicides that we know of but why don't we hear more about it too learn how to prevent these days that are filled with such grief, is it only if their famous like the girl off the news it comes out... but what about the general day to day person that you are walking past everyday and don't realise perhaps that they need support/help?

3. I most feel for the train driver's what they go through the guilt horror memories that they would take on for the rest their lives even though it wasn't their fault at all!

 I would like to find out wjy that person that day jumped in front of that train I was travelling on that morning.. was it spare of the moment action or had they plot too go out like that, and what was so bad in there life to think like and go through with that? I think if more people was aware perhaps it could really prvent suicide WE DON'T WANT TO END UP LIKE JAPAN AND THEIR SUICIDE RATES; WE NEED TO KNOW MORE AND DON'T HIDE IT AS IF NEVER HAPPENED! 

Regards Skye