“On August 26, 2024 at 9:37 PM, AAFD, shift 2, citywide responded to the Ann Arbor Railroad tracks between Huron and Miller. Firefighters arrived to find a 20-year-old male patient who had been sleeping on the tracks when a north bound AARR freight train ran over him. The train was traveling at a very slow speed and was able to stop within a relatively short distance. The patient’s left hand was entangled in the rear axle of the lead locomotive. The hand was pinned between the wheel, axle, and wear gear,” says the Ann Arbor Michigan Fire Department in a Facebook post.

“The patient was laying in between the rails under the locomotive. Shockingly, the hand injury was the only major trauma. Due to the patient’s location combined with strength of the metal of this part of the locomotive, extrication efforts were incredibly challenging. As the incident approached the one-hour mark, AAPD drove out the flight crew from Survival Flight along with a surgical team from U-M Dept of Surgery in preparation for a possible field amputation. At the 110-minute mark, extrication was successful. The patient was transported by HVA to U-M Hospital in stable condition.”

“This was a once in career incident for those involved. Normally, person versus train incidents are fatal. This was a true team effort,” the post continued but at no point explained what the fuck the guy was doing “sleeping” on train tracks or if he was passed out drunk or stoned or whatever.