Texas woman in midst of modeling shoot when struck by train

Associated Press ^ | 3/15/2017 | Staff

[simpson96]

NAVASOTA, TX -- The mother of a 19-year-old woman says her daughter was killed when she was struck by a train while having photos taken of her on the tracks in a bid to launch a modeling career.

Hakamie Stevenson told The Eagle newspaper that her daughter, Fredzania Thompson, attended Blinn College in Bryan but wanted to put her education on hold to begin modeling.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Fredzania Thompson, attended Blinn College

From The Onion? Or have all the names been changed to protect the innocent>

[humblegunner]

was apparently unaware that a Union Pacific train was coming in the opposite direction

Yeah, them trains are sneaky like that.

You never know where they might show up.

[Timpanagos1]

She’s a Discontinued Model.

[ColdOne]

Saw a pic of her at dailymail. She was pretty.

[VietVet876]

Wonder if the photographer got the money shot?

[ColdOne]

lol

[colorado tanker]

You can find trains on a train track? Who knew?

[Timpanagos1]

She was the president of her school’s Model Train Club.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“...and had just found out weeks before her death that they were expecting a child.”

That might put a, ‘modeling career’ on hold for a while, too.

Yes, this is a sad event...but Darwin Awards are given out for a REASON.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

+1 LOL!

[max americana]

Ok. How can 2 people ON a track, out in the open, NOT hear the trains coming?

[NohSpinZone]

Bizarre and sad story. Should have stuck to shooting photos on the beach. Safer.

[Bratch]

Obviously a model train.

[cyclotic]

She might not have seen the train, but I think the photographer probably did and was waiting for that perfect shot.

[arthurus]

Don’t forget Hakamie.

[PGR88]

How does any conscious person, who is able to walk or crawl, with any function of hearing, sight or feel - get hit by a train???

Trains are big. They are loud. They shake the ground. One needs to move a mere 3 feet to either side to avoid them.

[Snickering Hound]

[alternatives?]

Years ago the principal at the high school was crossing a rural double track crossing with no lights after a train passed. A train coming the other way on the second track nailed his car and killed him and his wife.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I’m with you. I wonder if they were wearing ear plugs or something. Geez.