[madison10]

Odd.

[MeganC]

RIP.

[Bigg Red]

Did he know the Clintons?

[Blurb2350]

Perhaps he was wearing headphones. This sort of needless accident happens with regularity among pedestrians and joggers.

[grey_whiskers]

At least he didn't hang himself from a doorknob with a red scarf, or shoot himself in the back of the head several times.

Could be an accident. But these days, who knows?

[Ann Archy]

Sounds like ARKANCIDE to me.

[Menehune56]

The story says wireless earbuds were found at the scene so if he was wearing them he may have lost situational awareness.

[ScottinVA]

He was at WRVA in Richmond, VA from 2007-2012 and spoke at the 9/12 Rally in DC in 2009. I called into his show several times... a great talk show host.

This is very sad to hear.

[SkyDancer]

Totally weird. Of all the places to run.

[Fawn]

OMG..just saw this.. I have listened to him quite a few times....horrible.

[NRx]

Sad. Memory eternal.

[BobL]

Just another conservative being killed in a strange way (prior one was Swine Flu, LOL) - nothing to see here - time to move on.

[ryderann]

I’m surprised that he didn’t feel the train’s rumbling through his feet.

[Clay Moore]

There is a old freight rail line that eventually turned into a steam train line and has been repurposed and is now running passenger service opening in the last few weeks (TEXRail)through this area.

There are portions where they run 70 mph and pass through gated intersections without using the horn. There is also a running trail a few feet from the track in places.

[Twotone]

This is just awful. He recently left Glenn Beck’s show to strike out on his own. I wasn’t a regular listener, but he was fun & interesting. Too, too sad.

[Pelham]

“Why would anyone jog along a railroad track of an active rail line?”

Because people assume that they will hear or feel an oncoming train in plenty of time to get away from the tracks.

This is not always the case. An approaching train can be much quieter than you expect one to be. And if it is traveling at high speed you could be in a world of trouble.

[PGR88]

It had to be suicide

I’m a jogger. It is impossible to run along train tracks, mainly because of the gaps in the ties. There are some nice rural routes, if you can find a rail line with nice flat shoulders on the sides - but its impossible to run on the tracks themselves.

[Combat_Liberalism]

Train horns are loud enough to be heard for miles and miles and miles.

Did he not hear it or did no horn sound?

[Does so]

A Florida mechanic was finishing working on my car when he said, "Stick around, and meet a friend who kills an average of one person a month. Can you guess his line of work?"

I made a few guesses before he answered with, "He's an engineer with the East Coast Railroad". :-/

[dynachrome]

A guy I worked with said the train sneaked up on him. Alcohol was involved. He survived, but alcohol was still a problem.