A woman was killed in a freak accident while she was sitting on a toilet.
Natalya Vageena, 48, died when part of a train passing nearby derailed and hit the makeshift wooden toilet she was using at the time.
The awful accident, near the Russian town of Asbest, occurred when a diesel engine had been pulling 21 empty goods carriages near where Natalya worked at a major asbestos plant in the area.
Natalya was reported to be a long-time worker at the plant, approaching a respectable 30-year anniversary.
An investigation is now taking place into the incident, near the Ural mountains.
A statement from the industrial enterprise said: "As a result of an accident at the asbestos-processing plant of PJSC Uralasbest, a weigher N.A. Vageena, born in 1973, has died.
"Her total work experience was 29 years 8 months...The circumstances of the incident are being investigated.
"A special commission of the enterprise and representatives of the Investigative Committee are working on site.
"The company's management expresses its deepest condolences to the family of the deceased."
The circumstances of her death are particularly unfortunate and similar to other incidents down the years.
In 2015, a woman died in a freak accident when she plunged 30 feet into a septic tank after sitting on the toilet.
Kalpana Pimpre, from Mankhurd in India was 40 when she fell into the tank.
Nearby resident Shivrao Salunkhe told local reporters: "Pimpre went to use the toilet at 6.30am.
"Shortly after that, the women using adjacent toilets and a man who was sitting at the entrance heard her scream.
"The door was broken open and we saw that the toilet seat had given way and she had fallen in the septic tank."
Unpredictable freak accidents mean victims can do very little about their sad demise.
More recently, a broker in India died after his throat was cut by a kite string.
Vipin Kumar, 35, died while riding his motorcycle in Delhi when a glass-coated string, also known as Chinese Manjha, struck his neck.
Riding his bike with his wife at the time, she managed to get him to a hospital, but he was declared dead on arrival.
The strings are banned in Delhi as there have been cases of them killing both birds and humans, but they continue to be used by people.
Two children aged three and four were killed by the Manjha kite string on Independence Day in 2016.
