About twenty years ago, while travelling around Europe with a Eurail pass, I was on an intercity train from Munich to Nuremberg and someone jumped in front of the train. The train stopped quickly with quite a jolt. We were in a first class compartment (too old for the youth pass) and could not understand the announcements. The other occupants acted quite disgusted with the delay as we sat for about twenty minutes. We heard ambulance or police sirens. Only a few minutes after the authorities arrived, our train started moving. We looked out the window and saw a body covered with a sheet or blanket; there was no movement visible under the covers. The authorities seemed to be in no big rush so we assumed the person was deceased.

We were a little shaken up but most people on the train seemed peeved about the delay. Really a sad situation.

On an earlier trip to Europe, an older woman (looked a bit like a street person) attempted to jump in front of a moving tram in Den Hague. She was pushed out of the way and was not injured, but we were certainly scared.

I've been back to Europe over fifty times since those early days and have had no more experiences like those.