Suicidal dude electro-whammied off of railroad tracks [View All]

[Algorem]

Officer used taser gun to stop man fron jumping in front of train

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14672550&BRD=1698&PAG=461&dept_id=21849&rfi=6

...McMinn saw the man and approached him. He refused to get off the tracks, and McMinn heard the train approaching, the lieutenant said.
On McMinn's next glance, the train was seconds away, so he looked at the man, smiled and said "Here it comes. This is it," Mercsak said.

When theman wouldn't move, McMinn tazed him in the chest and dragged him off the tracks, just in time for the train to pass...

A Taser is an instrument police use to deliver an electric shock that leaves the recipient incapacitated.

They are able to quickly recover physically.