A westbound CSX freight train that hit a man early Thursday afternoon is stopped at the Joppa Road crossing in Joppa, as personnel from the railroad and local police and fire departments investigate. A westbound CSX freight train that hit a man early Thursday afternoon is stopped at the Joppa Road crossing in Joppa, as personnel from the railroad and local police and fire departments investigate.
Those must be some REALLY close fitting ear buds............
I should think he could feel the ground trembling, though.
Maryland has been in the news a lot lately.
He needed a “Seeing Eye Person” like they have in NYC:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kNyTqIsrk0w
Were they made by ACME?
“I hear the train a-coming,
It’s coming down the track.”
Oh wait, I guess he didn’t .
Sad story soon to be repeated by Obama voters (well, those who actually work for a living) as Obamacare train bears down on them.
At least Mr. Street didn’t take with him those who didn’t have their ears plugged.
I heard sirens on the train track howl naked gettin' nuder,
An altar boy's been hit by a local commuter
Just from walking with his back turned
To the train that was coming so slow.
One of my fav John Prine songs.
Hard to believe he didn’t hear a blowing train horn as it approached in enough time to get off the track. It did say he turned before he was hit but damn I just don’t understand how he didn’t hear it further out as loud as those horns are.
I constantly wear earphones since I listen to audiobooks whenever I am not at work or home (read: in the car) but I do wear them when I walk for exercise.
That said, I assume full responsibility for my well being, and stay tuned into my environment visually, and never move to change direction or walk across a road without swiveling my head and looking.
Not everyone is as careful as I am, though.
Walking down train tracks wearing ear buds is akin to walking through woods full of grizzly bears with salmon steaks around your neck.
You have to wonder what the thought process was here: “Let’s see, I’ll put in my ear buds and listen to some music as I walk down the railroad tracks. What could go wrong?”
RR should sue the A-hole’s estate (if he has one ) for the costs of shutting down the progress of the Company.
This still makes me sad whenever I think of it....
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/11846992/ns/us_news-life/t/deaf-beauty-queen-killed-train-was-texting/
This happened a few months ago in Hallstead PA...Earbuds too. I cringe every time I see someone walking the tracks. Really idiotic.
Ok, what’s the bad news—the gene pool intelligence level was just increased a small bit.
Stupid is as stupid... Every time I cross railroad tracks, whether on foot or driving a vehicle, I proceed cautiously. But I see a lot of idiots who don’t. Like the big truck that proceeds with no space to clear the tracks, sits on the tracks. Then the crossing bells sound and the gates come down. So naturally, the truck backs up, taking out the barrier behind him and several cars behind the gates. I see lots of incidents like this at crossings. Lots of people walking on tracks with earbuds get hit and killed, one just a few days ago near where I am. Stupid people deserve to die.
Family filing law suit against the earbud company in 3...2...1....