On April 16, a young man suddenly jumped onto the tracks at Shenzhen Humen High-Speed Rail Station and collided with an oncoming high-speed train. According to eyewitnesses, the scene was extremely tragic.
According to a report issued by the Guangzhou Railway Group on the evening of the incident on Weibo, at 12:55 on the 16th, when the G878 train entered platform 6 of the Humen station, a 32-year-old male passenger (holding a ticket for that day’s G878 train from Humen to Changsha South) suddenly jumped from the platform towards the approaching train. When medical personnel arrived at the scene, the passenger showed no signs of life.
As a result of the incident, some passenger trains passing through Humen station were delayed to varying degrees, and more than 1,080 passengers who were originally on the G878 train changed to other trains.
Eyewitnesses revealed that the situation was very tragic, with the man being hit by the fast-moving train and torn into several pieces.
That evening, the topic of “a passenger at Humen station jumped onto the tracks and died” quickly became a trending topic on Weibo.
Many netizens expressed their thoughts, with comments such as, “Jumping onto the tracks, for what reason? Without thinking, 95% of the time it’s because young people nowadays are under too much pressure!” “How desperate must one be?””Young people nowadays are under immense pressure, and it’s easy for them to reach a point of no return in a split second.”
“Every time I see news like this, including last week when I saw someone trying to jump into a lake, I feel like I understand how difficult their lives must be. Sigh.” “We are living more and more exhausted, with less and less hope, and becoming unhappier, but there’s not much we can do.” “Life is not easy, may every soul be treated gently.”
There were netizens who seemed to have inside information, saying, “I heard it was because of debt.” Others mentioned, “With debts of 50,000, feeling suffocated, what can be done?”
In recent years, incidents of suicide by jumping off buildings or into water have been frequent in China. An article published by the Assistance Association for the Plaintiffs of Japan on January 17 this year, titled “China’s Shame: Leading in Suicide Rates,” revealed that nearly 500,000 people committed suicide in China in 2024, which is twice the previous figure. China’s suicide rate is more than three times the global average. Some have summarized the top five reasons for jumping off buildings in China, including being locked in stocks, unemployed or underemployed, unfinished housing projects, having no one to rely on, and being in debt.