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Man lies in front of train, loses limbs
SFGate ^
Posted on 07/10/2009 5:33:33 PM PDT by Chet 99
(07-10) 17:00 PDT OAKLAND -- A man who lay down on the tracks in front of an Amtrak train in Oakland had limbs severed but was taken from the scene alive this afternoon, authorities said.
Amtrak spokeswoman Vernae Graham said the eastbound Capitol Corridor train No. 536 was leaving Jack London Square when it struck the man at Webster Street at 3:37 p.m.
The man lost some limbs and was hospitalized in critical condition, police said. Further details were not available, and the man's name has not been released.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: amtrak; layontrackhitbytrain; rail; suicide
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posted on
07/10/2009 5:33:33 PM PDT
by
Chet 99
To: All
Now he’ll sue and win millions.
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posted on
07/10/2009 5:34:03 PM PDT
by
Chet 99
To: Chet 99
Was the train pulled by pit bulls?
To: Chet 99
Matthew Stannard really, really needs to take a remedial English course. His writing sucks
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posted on
07/10/2009 5:36:59 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(The Tree is thirsty and the hogs are hungry.)
To: Chet 99
Isn’t Amtrak owned by the U.S. Government? We’re all “investors”!
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posted on
07/10/2009 5:37:42 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Hey America! How's that "hope and change" thing working out?)
To: Chet 99
Now he’ll sue and win millions. It's just Amtrak and is government subsidized.
They can afford it. /s
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posted on
07/10/2009 5:38:19 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: raj bhatia
Was the train pulled by pit bulls? An SUV driven by a right wing Pit bull that owns a gun.
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posted on
07/10/2009 5:41:24 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: Chet 99
This is like the anti-war dummy that laid down in front of the US Navy train 20 years ago. Lost both legs. Tried to sue the Govt. for not stopping for him.!!! Man Vs.Train = victorious Locomotive.
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posted on
07/10/2009 5:43:34 PM PDT
by
Lockbar
(March toward the sound of the guns.)
To: Chet 99
Maybe he was having an 80s flashback and thought it was carrying munitions for El Salvador. (obscure reference)
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posted on
07/10/2009 5:43:46 PM PDT
by
atomic conspiracy
(Victory in Iraq: Worst defeat for activist media since Goebbels shot himself.)
To: Chet 99
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posted on
07/10/2009 5:44:52 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( Don't mess with the mockingbird! /\/\ http://tiny.cc/freepthis)
To: Lockbar
Brian Willson, still a very prominent and prosperous "peace activist" (still legless as well, but icon status and a million dollar jackpot require sacrifice).
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posted on
07/10/2009 5:51:59 PM PDT
by
atomic conspiracy
(Victory in Iraq: Worst defeat for activist media since Goebbels shot himself.)
To: EGPWS
Yeah, they get more than one thousand million U.S. taxpayer dollars every year. I have only flattened pennies with Slamtrack.
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posted on
07/10/2009 5:54:45 PM PDT
by
KingLudd
To: Chet 99
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posted on
07/10/2009 6:02:46 PM PDT
by
loungitude
(The truth hurts.)
To: Chet 99
Man lies in front of train, loses limbs Should have told the truth...
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posted on
07/10/2009 6:03:30 PM PDT
by
Larry Lucido
(This tagline excerpted. To read more, click on MyOverratedBlog.com)
To: KingLudd
Put NECK on track NOT LEGS!
To: outhousepatrol
“Put NECK on track NOT LEGS!”
He probably will once he gets the hospital bill.
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posted on
07/10/2009 6:06:38 PM PDT
by
takbodan
(.)
To: Chet 99
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posted on
07/10/2009 6:13:45 PM PDT
by
Dallas59
("You know the one with the big ears? He might be yours, but he ain't my president.")
To: raj bhatia
no, but it was driven by them. damn them all to hell!
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posted on
07/10/2009 6:15:24 PM PDT
by
thefactor
(yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
To: atomic conspiracy
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posted on
07/10/2009 6:18:15 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
("A new Dark Ages made all the more terrible and prolonged by the sinister powers of science.")
To: Chet 99
Lost some limbs???? What kind of reporting is that?.
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posted on
07/10/2009 6:23:59 PM PDT
by
Venturer
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