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A 20-year-old man has survived after reportedly being run over by a train in Michigan.
According to WILX, Michigan firefighters from the city of Ann Arbor arrived at railroad tracks around 9:37 p.m. on Monday, August 26. The outlet adds that the officials reportedly discovered a 20-year-old man “partially entangled in a train.”
Fox 2 Detroit has reported that the man’s hand was “caught deep in between the wheel, axle, and part of the motor.”
Furthermore, the man, who has not been publicly identified, had reportedly fallen asleep on the railroad tracks “when a northbound freight train ran over him.”
However, the train was reportedly moving slow enough “to stop within a short distance” after running over the man.
Fox 2 Detroit notes that “Alcohol is believed to have been a factor” in the incident.
According to WILX, extracting the man’s hand from the train was “extremely challenging,” firefighters reportedly explained.
The mission reportedly took 110 minutes.
“There was limited access, and all of that is really significant metal, so a lot of our normal tools and techniques dont work for something that extraordinary,” Ann Arbor Fire Chief Mike Kennedy reportedly told Fox 2 Detroit.
A surgery team from the University of Michigan reportedly flew in to potentially amputate the man’s limb, the outlet notes. However, the use of a “hydraulic ram” reportedly freed the man from the train.
The man was ultimately taken to U-M Hospital and “stabilized.” Furthermore, the outlet adds that the “only major injuries” the man sustained “were in his hand.”
Furthermore, the Ann Arbor Fire Department reportedly released a statement after the incident, per WILX.
“This was a once in career incident for those involved. Normally, person versus train incidents are fatal. This was a true team effort,” the station stated.
According to Fox 2 Detroit, Chief Kennedy ultimately noted the man’s extreme luck.
“We could replicate this exact scenario probably 1,000 times and not have the same outcome. He should buy some lotto tickets,” Kennedy stated. “Some higher power was looking out for him… we cant urge it enough do not go on train tracks.”
While the life of the man in Michigan was spared, another man in Kentucky reportedly attempted to fake his own death in 2023. As The Shade Room previously reported, Jesse Kipf allegedly used the credentials of a physician to access the Hawaii Death Registry system in January of that year.
He reportedly filled out a “Hawaii Death Certificate Worksheet,” certifying his death. From there, he allegedly registered as a “deceased person in many government databases.”
Authorities noted that he reportedly did so “in part, to avoid his outstanding child support obligations” of more than $195,000.
Kipft was ultimately sentenced to prison time earlier this month.
