Jail sentence for unsuccessful suicide? Car cut in two, but she survived – PHOTOS

A woman collided intentionally with a train near Győr. Miraculously, she survived it without a scratch, even though the Railjet cut her car in two. Since she committed a crime, because of which hundreds could have been injured, the local court might sentence her to three years in prison.

Jail sentence for unsuccessful suicide?

According to 24.hu, the public prosecutor of Győr raised charges against a 49-year-old woman. She drove on the railway tracks intentionally last November to commit suicide. As a result, the train coming from Hegyeshalom cut her car in two, but she survived with only a few scratches.

Thankfully, nobody was injured on the train, but the damage in the locomotive was worth 3.7 million HUF (EUR 10,100). The public prosecutor of Győr raised charges against her because of endangering road safety. The maximum penalty for that is three years in jail. Furthermore, the prosecutor suggested banning her from driving.

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Based on kisalfold.hu, the woman

wanted to commit suicide due to a relationship crisis.

Number of suicides growing

We wrote HERE that in 2020, 1706 people committed suicide in Hungary. That shows an increase of 10% compared to the previous year. The growth rate is drastic: such a sharp rise in annual data was last seen during the worst of times regarding Hungarian suicide rates at the beginning of the 1980s. According to experts, the worrying increase can be explained by a number of reasons, including the mental difficulties caused by the pandemic.