Man lies in front of train, loses limbs

SFGate ^

[Chet 99]

(07-10) 17:00 PDT OAKLAND -- A man who lay down on the tracks in front of an Amtrak train in Oakland had limbs severed but was taken from the scene alive this afternoon, authorities said.

Amtrak spokeswoman Vernae Graham said the eastbound Capitol Corridor train No. 536 was leaving Jack London Square when it struck the man at Webster Street at 3:37 p.m.

The man lost some limbs and was hospitalized in critical condition, police said. Further details were not available, and the man's name has not been released.

[Chet 99]

Now he’ll sue and win millions.

[raj bhatia]

Was the train pulled by pit bulls?

[wastedyears]

Matthew Stannard really, really needs to take a remedial English course. His writing sucks

[FlingWingFlyer]

Isn’t Amtrak owned by the U.S. Government? We’re all “investors”!

[EGPWS]

Now he’ll sue and win millions.

It's just Amtrak and is government subsidized.

They can afford it. /s

[EGPWS]

Was the train pulled by pit bulls?

An SUV driven by a right wing Pit bull that owns a gun.

[Lockbar]

This is like the anti-war dummy that laid down in front of the US Navy train 20 years ago. Lost both legs. Tried to sue the Govt. for not stopping for him.!!! Man Vs.Train = victorious Locomotive.

[atomic conspiracy]

Maybe he was having an 80s flashback and thought it was carrying munitions for El Salvador. (obscure reference)

[smokingfrog]

duh!

[atomic conspiracy]

Brian Willson, still a very prominent and prosperous "peace activist" (still legless as well, but icon status and a million dollar jackpot require sacrifice).

[KingLudd]

Yeah, they get more than one thousand million U.S. taxpayer dollars every year. I have only flattened pennies with Slamtrack.

[loungitude]

Way to go, ...Matt.

[Larry Lucido]

Man lies in front of train, loses limbs

Should have told the truth...

[outhousepatrol]

Put NECK on track NOT LEGS!

[takbodan]

“Put NECK on track NOT LEGS!”

He probably will once he gets the hospital bill.

[Dallas59]

Well...

[thefactor]

no, but it was driven by them. damn them all to hell!

[BenLurkin]

Old Ben remembers.

[Venturer]

Lost some limbs???? What kind of reporting is that?.

[rdl6989]

That was my first thought.

[RichInOC]

Stupid should be painful.

[Charles Henrickson]

the eastbound Capitol Corridor train No. 536 was leaving Jack London Square. . . .

And it left this guy oval.

[FastCoyote]

[and the man’s name has not been released.]

I think it is Gimpy.

[ErnBatavia]

His street name won’t be “Wanker” anymore....

[Lawgvr1955]

[and the man’s name has not been released.]

I think it is Gimpy.

I was thinking Matt if he was on the ground. Perhaps if he hung from a wall he'd be called Art.

[goodtomato]

If he goes swimming, will he be known as “Bob”?

[Lurker]

If he was thrown into the bushes his name is “Rustle”. All credit to Mrs L.

[Aaron0617]

sheesh, I'm surprised how often this happens. This happened to this girl last May.

Sleeping teen was run over by train

[Shimmer1]

Thou shalt not lie.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Cheap surgery.

[count-your-change]

Another victim of climate change.

[abner]

Yea. Just how many is ‘some limbs’?

In my experience, a couple is 2, a few is 3.

Excuse my morbid sensibility, but I’m going to assume (shame on me) that ‘some’ = 3 so how do you do that on a train track?

Ok, just forget my post.

[FastCoyote]

[and the man’s name has not been released.]
I think it is Gimpy.

I was thinking Matt if he was on the ground. Perhaps if he hung from a wall he’d be called Art.

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I think in his new career as lifeguard, his name will be called Bob.

[martin_fierro]

This story does not have legs.

[Lawgvr1955]

If he goes swimming, will he be known as “Bob”?

Could be. But if you throw him across the water, his name would be "Skip".

[Lockbar]

That @unt got money?? Damn, the Navy should have let him lay there and bleed to death. I would have been standing there laughing at him.

[T Minus Four]

Way to go, ...Matt.

Lol, you sicko!

[T Minus Four]

I share your morbid questioning.

[mikrofon]

NOT more powerful than a locomotive...