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Tuesday, Sep. 15, 2009
It was his unconscious state that saved him, really.
A FRENCH POLICE SPOKESMAN,
on a 19-year-old who narrowly avoided death after passing out drunk on a railway track. A high-speed train passed over him
Photo: RAYMOND ROIG / AFP / Getty Images | Source: Reuters
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