Not guilty to boot!
If she didn’t hear the train then maybe silent, electric train too !!
Darwin nominee ?
The real tragedy is that her e-bike is now all smashed to smithereens.
(insert sad face)
Note to self: look both ways before crossing railroad tracks.
“There was no train horn”
My house is exactly 1/2 mile from a freight line and it vibrates my house every single time one passes through......I would submit a train horn should never be necessary if your on the tracks. SMH
I see tons of people in that age group out and about, fully absorbed by one or more digital devices (smartphone, headphones...). Proto-zombies.
How else does one not notice a train coming at them before crossing the tracks?
She had ear pods in maybe?
A. She didn’t see any red flashing lights as the train approached?
B. That ‘retired fire fighter’ was a little old for her, but as luck would have it, she probably owes her life to him/her.
Cool under pressure and got someone to retrieve that arm before it was too late.
Boyd was airlifted to UC Irvine Medical Center where she endured 10 hours of surgery, and while she has at least two more surgeries scheduled in the coming weeks, she says she already has some feeling back in arm.
Well so much for her being Def Leppard’s drummer.
I guess a big block of cheese around her arm is helping it heal?
Darwin… gene pool
Ear buds. Almost guaranteed. And just never looked.
For surfers, electric bikes, or e-bikes have replaced the woodies of the last century.
Not long ago, when I visited the Trestles Beach, a famous mecca for surfers in San Onofre, Calif. just south of San Mateo Point. I saw many surfers using e-bikes to access the beach. They do so by crossing under the long railroad trestles over San Mateo Creek—which are on the same railroad line—and don’t have to worry about getting hit by a train.
Well, you have to hand it to her for making it through this. Oh… wait…
Nearly turned into the Hemingway classic ...
Stupid(?), but certainly fortunate. Dodged a 30mm round.
Amazing what great doctors and modern medicine can do.
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.