Teenager killed by train while listening to iPod

Telegraph ^ | 4:51PM BST 08 Apr 2009

[martin_fierro]

Teenager killed by train while listening to iPod

A teenager was killed whilst listening to his iPod because he did not hear an oncoming train.

Last Updated: 4:51PM BST 08 Apr 2009

Gino Shepherd, 17, who was killed after being struck by a train at a level crossing near his home in Gateshead

Gino Shepherd, 17, died instantly when he stepped into the path of the Northern Trains service at Peth Lane, Ryton, Gateshead.

He was found by the emergency services with his headphones still in his ears following the accident last Thursday

Gino's cousin, Charnie Campbell, of Newbiggin Hall, Newcastle, said: "He was walking home and he had his headphones in. He walked on to the public crossing and he just didn't hear the train coming, and it hit him.

"When the police found him he still had his headphones in."

Gino, who was half Mexican, spent his childhood in Carlisle before moving to Newcastle. He had lived in Ryton for several years.

He wanted to become a painter and decorator and had recently left Ryton Comprehensive School and found a job in the trade.

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[Isabel C.]

Gino's cousin, Charnie Campbell, of Newbiggin Hall, Newcastle, said: "He was walking home and he had his headphones in. He walked on to the public crossing and he just didn't hear the train coming, and it hit him.

When I was a child, my parents never told me to listen for approaching cars before I crossed a street. They told me to look for approaching cars before I crossed a street.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

I’m dying to know what song was he listening to!

Probably "Party Train" by the Gap Band.

[Paleo Conservative]

[Uncle Meat]

ou know what would have been ironic? If he was listening to “Folsom Prison Blues”.

More like "Hellbound Train."

[MaryFromMichigan]

Yes, that was my first thought.
The same thing did happen 2 months ago when an area boy wore his head phones near an Amtrak crossing.
Teen's train death devastates family
The family said he was wearing headphones and may not have been able to hear the oncoming train, and simply walked across the tracks at the wrong moment.

Tragic. Prayers for the families.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I've stood next to idling diesel locomotives before and I could feel the thunder within every fiber of my being.

How could this kid not see the train or feel the vibration of a thundering locomotive in his vicinity? 'Tis odd.

[Tijeras_Slim]

[windcliff]

Words to live by.

[Lokibob]

"When I was a child, my parents never told me to listen for approaching cars before I crossed a street. They told me to look for approaching cars before I crossed a street. "

 

Then your parents were wrong:

 

 

 

There is a reason why a train whistle is so loud.

School bus drivers are required to stop at a railroad crossing, look both ways, and OPEN THE DOOR!

 

......Bob

 

 

 

[SunkenCiv]

Gino, who was half Mexican

Investigators haven't found the other half yet.

[martin_fierro]

Now he's 100% Messican.

[SunkenCiv]

Ironically, he was listening to Blackfoot’s version of “Train, Train” at the time.

[SunkenCiv]

...and just a few minutes earlier, his song selection was “I Go To Pieces”.

[dfwgator]

I’m dying to know what song was he listening to! :0)

Some possibilities:

Runaway Train - Soul Asylum
Train' Kept a Rollin' - Aerosmith
Train, Train - Blackfoot

[dfwgator]

Gino, who was half Mexican
Investigators haven't found the other half yet.

We have our winner!

[SunkenCiv]

;’)

[grjr21]

[SunkenCiv]

Crazy Train — Ozzy Osborne
Runaway Train — AC/DC
Last Train to Clarksville — Monkees (not as funny, but hey hey, it’s the Monkees)

[GOYAKLA]

OLD JOKE: My uncle was killed by a ‘weasel’. He was crossing a railroad track and did not hear the ‘weasel’.

[SunkenCiv]