A train traveling down a track is not a "freak accident" it's physics.
I am thinking Darwin had a point after all.
Teenage boys - doing stupid and dangerous things around the world!
Did he get the pic?
Is this Indian as in “How, Kemosabe” or Indiana as in “Welcome to Quickie Mart, how may I be helping you”?
Freak accident!? That would be defined by the train jumping the tracks and running after the boy.
heard sirens on the train track howl naked gettin’ nuder,
A dumb boy’s been hit by a local commuter
just from walking with his back turned
to the train that was coming so slow.
altered from John Prine’s Bruised Orange
Darwinism.
Male brains don’t fully mature until about age 26. Hence young men are more than willing to put themselves in danger in the military, police work, other hazardous jobs and doing stupid things to prove their manhood. Hence spinal injury clinics like the Shepard Center in Atlanta see about 85-90% young men vs young women.
Train? What train? I don’t see a tra...
“Call for Mr. Darwin...Call for Mr. Darwin...!”
What are the chances it’s part of some craze to snap selfies in front of moving trains and vehicles?
Hope it wasn’t an iPhone 6 plus. Those are expensive. On the other hand, if he just upgraded and went on a payment plan, it wouldn’t have been too expensive.
Short freight train: 40,000,000 pounds (a long train may be far more) at 60 mph
teenager: 140 pounds, going from 0 mph to 60 mph in 0.005 seconds
Physics
Any questions? [other than “did he get the selfie?”]
A D’oh selfie
If it is just a still photo one is going for why not take it in front of a stopped train?
can i see the selfie?