That story made even the local news here yesterday, as well as national news.
Posted by yukon11 (Member # 2997) on :
It was the leading headline on my Yahoo news home page, which rarely has anything of value or interest other than the usual rubbish they think is newsworthy.
Richard
Posted by RRCHINA (Member # 1514) on :
The railroad has identified the TRESPAASERS because of their automobile license plate and will press charges for trespass. Lets hope they are appropriately PUNISHED.
And for the ambulance chasers who would take this situation to sue the RR lets hope they and their clients " lose their collective -sses .
Posted by Ocala Mike (Member # 4657) on :
Darwin Award recipients, for sure, and just think, someday they might be mothers.
Posted by DeeCT (Member # 3241) on :
Stupid lives .....
Glad they have identified them and will file charges.
Posted by Geoff Mayo (Member # 153) on :
I really feel for the engineer and anybody else up front in these situations. The morons only survived due to dumb luck.
I was just talking to a driver in the UK today who had a "one under" (suicide in this case) and it really messed him up. Today also there was a story in the news about somebody who threw themselves in front of a train, at a busy passenger station - and managed to send three people to hospital in the process of being - how do I put this subtly - smashed to pieces by the train. Thoughtless.
Posted by George Harris (Member # 2077) on :
There was a book written quite a few years ago by Florida's forensic anthropologist in which among many other things he talked some about suicides. It seems that Florida has a fairly high rate of suicide among the elderly which he ascribed to "retire to Florida" going wrong. In it he described suicide as the among the most selfish of acts. He said of the gun suicides many were done with guns bought for that purpose, usually with a credit card, which gave you two things, about the messiest form of suicide other than throwing yourself in front of a train and leaving paying for the tool up to someone else. In one example not in his book the person did it sitting in a "friend's" car.
Posted by Ocala Mike (Member # 4657) on :
Suicide is a rather complex psychological phenomenon, and the nuances of it can be discussed intelligently ad infinitum. The instant story of these two women, however, is about stupidity, a far more prosaic feature, alas, of far too many members of the human race.
Posted by DeeCT (Member # 3241) on :
Curious as to what the penalty for trespassing is? Hope it is costly !!!
Posted by Geoff Mayo (Member # 153) on :
quote:Originally posted by DeeCT: Curious as to what the penalty for trespassing is? Hope it is costly !!!
Two WERE killed trespassing at about MP 6 on the BNSF last evening - and making a mess of last nights - and even into this morning account Hours of Service, METRA service.
The incident involved BNSF #1272 - one that I seem to ride when going into town for the evening, as it is non-stop after La Grange.
Two people were killed when they were hit by a Metra train on the border between the Little Village and Lawndale neighborhoods this evening, authorities said..
The incident delayed trains for hours and Metra had announced that service would be disrupted by a "federally mandated rest period" Friday morning but later said that all trains should run as scheduled with only minor delays.
The man and woman were struck by the train near 21st Street and Homan Avenue about 4:50 p.m. and pronounced dead on the scene, said Police News Affairs Officer Thomas Sweeney. A woman at the scene who identified herself as the sister of both victims said they had been looking for scrap metal on the tracks at the time they were hit by the train.
The two regularly searched for scrap metal on the railroad embankment, the woman said.
Posted by Gilbert B Norman (Member # 1541) on :
Now ANOTHER incident around these parts; this one occurred on CSX (B&O) to the East of Gary, IN:
GARY, Ind. (WLS) -- A deadly collision at a rail crossing in Gary, Indiana claimed two lives when a car collides with a freight train.
The driver, Renee McKenzie, 29, of Gary, and her fiance, William Curry, 32, of Chicago, were instantly killed in the accident, which officials say occurred around 7 a.m. Friday.
McKenzie's sister said that she tried to call her cell phone early Friday morning the coroner answered the phone.
"When I called the phone, the coroner answered," Tyeshia Banks said. "He asked me some questions, he asked me what type of tattoos she had and I knew something was wrong then. They said that she was dead."
I care not how strong one's religious faith may be, but Charles Darwin did have some points to consider.
Posted by Geoff Mayo (Member # 153) on :
Quite a confusing story, mixing up present and past tense in the reporting. Then, to cap it all, it ends with "This is also the sight of a deadly accident two years ago where a driver tried to cross the gates."