Blind Rakugo Seriously Hurt In Station Accident

[Mulboyne]

[floatl][/floatl]Japan Zone: Blind Rakugo Seriously Injured in Collision With Train
Blind rakugoka Shoufukutei Hakkaku (51) was seriously injured at a train station in Osaka late Monday night. He fell against a train that he had just disembarked from as it was pulling out of the station. His arm was caught between the train and the platform and he was dragged for about 15m, causing a brain contusion and breaking both his legs. Shoufukutei was on his way home after a night out on the town in Osaka with a fellow rakugoka. Watching from the train, his friend saw him walk into a pole on the platform as he headed for the exit. He turned and started staggering the other way, which is when he walked into the moving train. The Hankyu Takarazuka line train continued on its way as the driver and conductor didn't notice the accident. Shofukutei is the only completely blind performer in the rakugo world of traditional comic storytelling.

[Big Booger]

I wonder if he was drunk or just had an accident? I mean I can hardly imagine being drunk and blind trying to navigate the treacherous Osaka.. I have a hard enough time doing so sober and with sight.

[kusai Jijii]

Reminds me of an incident I witnessed on a JR line in Kansai a few months ago...

I was standing at the front of the first carriage right behind the glass window behind the driver's seat. The doors closed just as some punter was attempting to get into the crowded train. He didn't make it but his jacket sleeve/hand was caught in the door. As the train pulled away, he began screaming hysterically - all the while being dragged along the platform. Several passangers inside the train started banging on the window for the driver to stop. He did, about 15 meters down the platform (remember, this was at the front of the train, so there wasn't a lot of platform left!). The doors opened, and the man pulled his arm free. Lucky and largely unhurt. He looked like his life had just flashed before him. It had. The train then pulled away.

Way to go JR! Safety first my arse. And way to go idiot punter for trying to board a train that was clearly overcrowded and closing it's doors!

[parasitius]

[Visitor K]

...on line #2 some guy hot creamed about a year ago.

gross.