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A dead man travelling by tram unnoticed for more than 6 hours in Budapest
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Borsonline.hu reports the shocking news of a Hungarian man (73) dying on tram 17 in Budapest due to sudden cardiac failure. The incident happened last Wednesday when no one noticed the death of János Szabó who was on the way to his workplace. His widow unfolds the shocking story.
What happened?
On the day when the tragedy happened, everything started as usual, states the wife of János Szabó. János, clean-shaven and well-dressed, set out to his workplace since besides being a pensioner, he worked for Szerencsejáték Zrt., the most significant Hungarian lottery operator and gambling services provider in the country. As the couple lives in Érd, János travelled by train to the capital every day.
Just like always, the train of János arrived at Déli Railway Station around 7:45 a.m. from where the workplace of the man was only two stops away. János usually travelled by tram 17 to Széna Square after which he walked to his workplace. As the widow of János reports, 2 minutes after her husband had sat down on the tram, he died. He was dead by around 7 a.m. since he did not get off the tram after the two stops.
It was only around 2 p.m. that someone speaked to the conductor of the tram at Frankel Leó Street, telling him that someone might be sick or in fact is not alive since he is quite pale. The conductor immediately stopped the vehicle and called for the ambulance, recalls the terrible memories Jánosné Szabó.
“I was called by the police with the news that my husband had died several hours ago. My first reaction was that it could not be him given that the name János Szabó is quite frequent. When the officers read out the personal identity information of my husband, I did not think about the worst. I refused to accept that it happened to him. I said that someone might have stolen his bag and his documents and during the day, this person might have died. It was only when they described how he looked like that I realised, it is him.”