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Teenager killed by train while listening to iPod
Telegraph ^ | 4:51PM BST 08 Apr 2009

Posted on 04/08/2009 8:14:45 PM PDT by 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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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet; Music/Entertainment; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: darwin; ipod; oblivious; pwn3d
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To: martin_fierro
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.

21 posted on 04/08/2009 8:57:30 PM PDT by Isabel C.
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To: Cowboy Bob
I’m dying to know what song was he listening to!

Probably "Party Train" by the Gap Band.

22 posted on 04/08/2009 9:20:32 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist ("President Obama, your agenda is not new, it's not change, and it's not hope" - Rush Limbaugh 02/28)
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23 posted on 04/08/2009 9:28:30 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: RichInOC
ou know what would have been ironic? If he was listening to “Folsom Prison Blues”.

More like "Hellbound Train."

24 posted on 04/09/2009 5:28:58 AM PDT by Uncle Meat
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To: Chipper
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.
25 posted on 04/09/2009 6:12:32 AM PDT by MaryFromMichigan (God made us Freepers. Prozac made us friends)
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To: martin_fierro
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.

26 posted on 04/09/2009 6:49:54 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage...)
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To: Cowboy Bob

27 posted on 04/09/2009 6:52:24 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: I Drive Too Fast

Words to live by.


28 posted on 04/09/2009 7:37:19 AM PDT by windcliff
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To: Isabel C.
"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
 
 
 

29 posted on 04/09/2009 7:52:51 AM PDT by Lokibob (When handed lemons...Refuse to sign for them. Life's lemons can't be delivered without a signature.)
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To: martin_fierro
Gino, who was half Mexican
Investigators haven't found the other half yet.
30 posted on 04/10/2009 6:20:54 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________ Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: SunkenCiv
Now he's 100% Messican.
31 posted on 04/10/2009 8:01:50 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: martin_fierro

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


32 posted on 04/10/2009 8:19:35 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________ Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: martin_fierro

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


33 posted on 04/10/2009 8:20:05 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________ Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: Cowboy Bob
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

34 posted on 04/10/2009 8:23:45 AM PDT by dfwgator (1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
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To: SunkenCiv
Gino, who was half Mexican
Investigators haven't found the other half yet.

We have our winner!

35 posted on 04/10/2009 8:24:58 AM PDT by dfwgator (1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
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To: dfwgator

;’)


36 posted on 04/10/2009 8:31:52 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________ Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: Cowboy Bob


37 posted on 04/10/2009 8:33:25 AM PDT by grjr21
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To: dfwgator

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


38 posted on 04/10/2009 8:34:56 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________ Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: martin_fierro

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


39 posted on 04/10/2009 8:52:10 AM PDT by GOYAKLA (My Tee shirt for 2009-2012:" I voted FRED don't you wish you did")
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40 posted on 04/10/2009 8:55:20 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________ Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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