California surf instructor, 24, recovering after arm severed in horrific accident [and reattached]

KTLA ^ | 07/22/2025 | Josh DuBose

[Hootowl]

If nothing else she should have felt the vibrations a moving train generates.

[Getready]

Nearly turned into the Hemingway classic ...

Stupid(?), but certainly fortunate. Dodged a 30mm round.

[PGalt]

Amazing what great doctors and modern medicine can do.

[DownInFlames]

Not all crossings are set up for trains to blow their horns. Normally, a big white sign with a W on it is used for the engineer to blow the horn.

[Getready]

Even more amazing is the situations that can occur to get people into a condition where they need the fantastic skills. Sadly, the help isn’t always on time.

[ridesthemiles]

MY DAILY train-—south—then north-—is less than 1/2 mile.

Vibrates the foundation.

[Theoria]

'Fortunately, a retired firefighter had been walking with Boyd and as police and paramedics arrived at the scene to rush her to the hospital,'

Apparently, a retired firefighter didn't see the train as well. What older man would allow a woman to walk into a train if he was walking with her.