[OB1kNOb]

"Graham was one of those kids that wanted to live forever."

Duh, apparently not!

[SamAdams76]

When I was a Marine stationed in Camp Pendleton, I use to walk those tracks all the time to get into Oceanside. Just past the base, the tracks went over a narrow bridge that led to the Marina just outside town. One time on that bridge, a train snuck up behind me and I had to climb over the railing and hang onto the outside of it as the train passed. Naturally, the train let off an ear-piercing horn blast that almost caused me to let go and fall into the water below. From that point on, I always ran over the bridge after making sure the coast was clear on both sides.

[Gator101]

Several of the victim's friends said Sunday the teenagers were not playing "chicken,"

Uh huh. That sounds a little like "honestly officer...we weren't drag racing...that guy just crashed on his own"

[RicocheT]

What, no video? Teenage pranksters usually like to have video while they do real stupit stuff.

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

"Graham was LIKE the greatest guy."

( stupid, but "great")

[Rio]

a dangerous game in which people see how close they can get to a moving train without being struck

Does this mean he's the winner? Or disqualified (out of bounds)?

[meyer]

"...when he was struck by a northbound Amtrak train going about 50 mph..."

There's the problem. Nobody expected an Amtrak train to be both timely and rather fast.

[birbear]

Ya know... I feel bad for the family and all... but... you kinda ask for things like this to happen when you play by train tracks.

I was a kid... I did stupid stuff. But my parents learned me about being safe.

Maybe my parents were just out to curtail my fun.

[BadAndy]

"[Chorus – Big & Rich]
I play chicken with the train play chicken with the train train, uh huh huh uh huh huh,
You know that I play chicken with the train play chicken with the train train uh huh huh uh huh huh yea,"

...SPLAT

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

Playing chicken with a train hey? Well fool, cockadoodaldo.

[Deguello]

"hesitated when running across the tracks and then tried to run back"

That is along the same lines as the guy who tried to swim across the English Channel, got 2/3 rds across and decided he couldn't make it so he turned around and swam back.