Posted on 08/05/2021 9:05:31 PM PDT by Libloather
A family in Charlotte, North Carolina, is weathering three tragedies after two brothers were fatally struck by a light rail train while holding a memorial for another sibling who had died in the same spot on week prior.
On early Tuesday morning, officers with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department responded to a call about two pedestrians struck by LYNX Blue Line train near South Boulevard and Hebron Street, according to the Associated Press.
Police arrived to find Pablo Tiquiram Us, 29, and Jose Chilambalam Tiquiram Us, 20, unresponsive near the tracks and both men were pronounced dead at the scene, the outlet reported.
In a press briefing on Wednesday, CMPD Sgt. Adam Jones said that the men were "mourning the loss" of their other brother - 27-year-old Baltazar Tiquiram Us - when they were struck.
Baltazar was killed by another light rail train on July 26
"They had been memorializing their brother on the one-week anniversary of his death and they were conducting a memorial out by the site where he was killed," Jones said.
Calling it a "tragic incident," Jones said the men were standing on the track and lighting candles when the train approached the intersection.
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Man. I despise roadside/trackside memorials. Why enshrine the place someone had the worst day of their life?
Perhaps Darwin knew something….
Jose, Pablo, Baltazar. The last name is interesting - Tiquiram Us. Indigenous Indians from Central America, perhaps?
There is something about “Moving Trains” as a concept that this entire family has not yet figured out.
This really, really sucks for that poor family.
That I’m also reminded of the Night Court episode with Brent Spiner doesn’t speak well of me.
I think the basic idea behind roadside memorials is this specific spot is where that person’s spirit left his body, and thus left the earth as we know it to exist.
On-site memorial gatherings, on the other hand, are reckless.
They were drunk.
Didn’t see that coming.
“Dumb Ways to Die....”
Neither did they.
Unless you factor in planetary,, galactic and other motions.
The Darwin is strong in this family.
“the men were standing on the track and lighting candles” -— Could they not read English? Was the train quiet?
For some of them that physical spot of death has established a ‘portal’ or doorway for that person’s essence to travel from earth’s terrain up into the Great Beyond.
True, but they had a one track mind.
The only thing worse is the window decals such as “in loving memory of Joe Jones, 1980-2020.” It seems such a tawdry way to memorialize someone. I once asked one of my assistants if she’d have those made for me when I die. She responded that she wouldn’t because the printers require a $15 set up fee and she didn’t want to pay it.
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