A 32-year-old Czech tried to commit suicide by cutting his throat with a chainsaw but survived after the machine missed his jugular artery and got stuck in his spine, a report said today.

This was his second suicide attempt, CTK news agency reported. He had earlier tried to hang himself from a tree branch but the branch snapped and he broke both legs in the fall, it said.

The man was taken to a Prague hospital and was recovering in an intensive care unit, hospital officials said.