September 30, 2004

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  Man hit by train forced to pay for rail delays

  
  

  Mon 27 September, 2004 17:42

  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  By Nathaniel Espino
  

  WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's state railway PKP is claiming compensation from a man who caused delays to its services by being run over by a train -- but said it may forgive the debt after learning the man's house had burned down.
  

  Pawel Banaszek, who was paralysed in the incident in August 2003, caused 2,058 zlotys (320 pounds) worth of losses due to delays.
  

  Half the amount was written off and Banaszek was paying the rest in 80-zloty monthly instalments from his 600-zloty disability pension.
  

  Poland's daily Wyborcza said he was beaten up in a bar fight in his home village of Stare Bosewo, central Poland, and left for dead on the rails.
  

   

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