Former train driver recalls trauma of witnessing 8 rail suicides, including a young man who smiled and waved
Dave Goodwin, a 63-year-old hailing from Plymouth, Devon, revealed that he is still haunted by gruesome images of dismembered body parts strewn across railway tracks
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A former train driver has shared that he has turned to alcohol and suffers from insomnia after he was involved in at least eight rail related suicides, including one of a man who smiled and waved before he was struck down by the train.
Dave Goodwin, a 63-year-old hailing from Plymouth, Devon, revealed that he is still haunted by gruesome images of dismembered body parts strewn across railway tracks after he witnessed many rail suicides during his career as a train driver. Following his father's footsteps, Goodwin began working at the railways in 1974 and was determined to make his father proud. However, four decades later, his experiences have left him a "broken man".