[SmithL]

I'm sorry for the kid, but there is a lesson here.

[purpleraine]

Maybe last Darwin nominee of the year.

[svcw]

Cell phone or not trains are really loud, how on earth could he have missed the train coming?

[oh8eleven]

while apparently absorbed in a cell phone call
So "absorbed" he couldn't hear a freakin' train bearing down on him?
Add in flashing lights, crossing gates coming down (probably w/ warning bells) and the train sounding its whistle?
Hard to believe.

[Wagonboy]

“Dude, what? Like, I can’t hear you! Dude, these bells and lights are like roasting me right now Dude! Dude, what? Like speak up Dude!”

Darwinism at it’s purest. -Wb

[Tijeras_Slim]

I saw a guy texting on a sportbike in traffic a couple days ago.

Followed him for about 3 miles waiting for the inevitable. He was lucky that day.

[NRA1995]

I see a warning label on cell phones in the future...”Not to be used while strolling near railroad tracks”

[Spruce]

Yeah, 16 is WAY too young to die.

I have a sneaking suspicion that the parents will be suing the phone manufacturer, the railroad, the phone carrier, or, more than likely, all of the above.

I bet the lawyers are already at their doorstep telling them how much money they are “entitled” to.

[ThomasThomas]

Trains have very load horns always blow before entering a crossing with gates witch were down. AmTrack trains can be much faster than a freight train.

[B4Ranch]

Cleaning up the gene pool isn’t always a bad thing.