Woman run down by freight train while running on the tracks with headphones on

The Daily Mail ^ | April 10, 2014 | Ryan Gorman

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

A California woman was struck and killed Wednesday by a freight train while wearing headphones as she jogged along busy tracks near a popular hiking trail.

Janaki Rose Hayes, 27, of Truckee, was wearing headphones that fully covered her ears and did not hear the blaring horn as the steel beast bared down on her around 1.45 p.m., police said.

Investigators believe she was jogging towards a trail for the bulk of her workout and that the death was an accident, sources told the Sacramento Bee.

Hayes, who had recently moved from Oregon to the small town just north of Lake Tahoe, was just short of the pedestrian bridge when the Union Pacific train caught up to her, cops said.

‘We concluded from our investigation that her intent was to cross the river at some point to access the Legacy Trail for a jog,’ Police Chief Adam McGill in a news release.

She was headed westbound on the rails. The operators slowed the train but could not stop in time to avoid hitting her.

‘It appears the train operators did not contribute to this accident and did all they could to avoid it,’ said McGill.

[Foundahardheadedwoman]

You write in English? You’re a member of a dying breed.

[nascarnation]

That was exactly my reaction.
My daughter lives about 500 ft from a railroad track (thankfully only about 2 trains a day come past).
You can feel the “vibe” in the house.

[oh8eleven]

How do you run on train tracks? I run a lot ...
Thirty two years for me. NEVER even considered running on train tracks.

[Don W]

Headphones

[Flick Lives]

Jog, they say. It’ll extend your life, they say.

Things like this never happen when I sleep on the sofa.

[a fool in paradise]

Staying in bed isn’t so healthy after all...

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/jonathan-toubin-talks-for-the-first-time-about-his-freak-accident-20120129

“The DJ was hit by a cab that crashed into his hotel room while he was sleeping.”

[MrB]

That's what you think...

[Flick Lives]

She couldn’t feel the vibrations?

She probably thought her headphones had really good bass response.

[BBell]

were you looking for me?

[BBell]

Maybe she was listening to the Beach Boys. Good good good good vibrations.....

But seriously I thought the same thing.

[familyop]

Misogynist train! The Republicrats will outlaw those next.

[Hatteras]

"...and did not hear the blaring horn as the steel beast bared down on her..."

Did this "steel beast", belching thick, billowing, black smoke, have his eyes fixed on his prey, letting out a deep, gutteral growl before pouncing on the poor, innocent, doe-eyed victim?

This, ahem, "journalist"... needs to go back to writing dime-store novels.

[latina4dubya]

No, not all Cali women are stereotypes. I admit it. But you gotta admit that she sure does fir the clueless Valley Girl profile.

stereotype? the reason i said it would never happen in a red state is everyone knows red state women don't jog... they aren't into fitness... :)

[Hatteras]

Based on her expression and the plain background... maybe a driver's license photo but that expression... hmmm... Is it just me or did they find a mugshot to use for the article?

Pray for her and her family...

[Norm Lenhart]

Well they don’t have the time to jog...unless it’s into the kitchen to make me a sammich! ;)

[Wyatt's Torch]

Best. Noise. Cancelling. Headphones. EVER.

[publius911]

Jog, they say. It’ll extend your life, they say.

Not always, according to recent studies.
Certainly not when RWS (running while stupid)

[publius911]

I'm sure there will now be litigation because it was not posted that trains run on train tracks.

Please don't give elected morons any new ideas.

They'll require up to date train schedules along the track every 1/4 mile...

[yuleeyahoo]

“Stupidity cannot be cured. Stupidity is the only universal capital crime; the sentence is death. There is no appeal, and execution is carried out automatically and without pity.”
- Robert A. Heinlein

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Well, trains like to listen to their walkmans, too (dating myself).