Police find train suicide woman home in bed

French police called off their search for a woman who threw herself in front of a speeding train when they found that she had dragged herself home and gone to bed.

The 58-year-old, who suffered from depression, jumped in front of the train Tuesday as it sped through the station at Herrlisheim near Strasbourg at around 150 km per hour, prompting the driver to alert the police.

Discovering only a small blood stain on the train and the platform, police called in helicopters to find the woman who they presumed had been sent flying by the collision, public prosecutor Laurent Guy said on Wednesday.

But the search was called off when the woman's partner, returning from a night shift, found her lying in bed with a broken arm and other injuries and rang the emergency services. The woman, who had attempted suicide in the past, was subsequently hospitalised.