Posted on 10/19/2026 9:14:57 PM PDT by BenLurkin
A mom of seven was fatally struck by a train on her morning run in Arizona — likely because she was in her “own world” filming herself while wearing noise-cancelling headphones, according to her family.
Thelma Candelaria, 47, had started filming her morning runs around Eloy as part of a health kick that coincided with her also getting baptized, her grieving family told KTVK.
She shared her last clip early Thursday, where she told her Instagram followers she was taking running “seriously” as she flashed a peace sign and gave a thumbs up.
She ran and then filmed a train blasting its horn as it went by — before being hit by another train heading the opposite way...
That train had also blasted its horn in warning — but Candelaria was seemingly oblivious while wearing pink noise-cancelling headphones, according to her daughter Alaisha Candelaria.
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Just, wow.
When I was in high school the exact same thing happened to a member of the track team. When the train going east passed, he ran across the train track and was hit by the west bound train.
I went for a run, walk this morning..I was no where near a train track, was not filming myself nor listening to music. When I’m in a walk, run..want to ensure I hear & aware of what’s going on in front, behind me.
How & why was she this close to a train??
The current noise-cancelling headphones from Apple are no joke. I thought my refrigerator died when I put them on, but it just suddenly removed the hum. I’ve missed phone calls sitting a few feet from the phone. I don’t think I’ll ever try them out in public because it decreases situational awareness so much. I hope the nanny state doesn’t step in and nerf them for being too good.
So the headphones locked out any sound.
But the next voice she heard...
The Next Voice You Hear.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042786/
Yes, the wife is played by Nancy Davis, later married to Ronald Reagan.
Train. Car. Dog. Mugger…or worse.
You shouldn’t cover your ears with anything that could make you unaware of your surroundings while out walking, jogging, or running.
How come the daughter is so cheerful and nonchalant about it while describing the story to the TV station?
Because she knew it would bother you?
I wasn’t thinking of posting this until you said “leaves the rails to hunt you down.”
The Final Destination film series has the theme that death is overpoweringly strong and hates being cheated by heroic people who save a person’s life. No one can stop the sequence of the order of people dying. Very depressing.
Final Destination: Bloodlines (2025)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAdk3X8wwCc
Children are taught at a young age to stay out of the road, and the numerous passing cars are a constant reminder. Train tracks aren’t as common, and people aren’t used to them. And most of the time there is never a train on them, so they don’t think there is much of a danger. If any. “I thought they weren’t used anymore”.
There is a park near Seattle where every year it seemed a person (late teens to 20-something) was getting killed by a train as they would take short cuts down and across the tracks to get to the park along the water. I think they ended up fencing off a huge section of the tracks and putting up more signs warning of the danger. It was usually the commuter trains that would get them - faster and quieter.
Sad, unnecessary, totally avoidable, Darwin award winner.
That was a weird set of movies. Think I saw the first and maybe the third.
Yup its why i dont wear em in public. I just dont like any case where something or someone can come up on me without me hearing it.
Nope, she has 7 children, as the title of the article states.
(that coincided with her also getting baptized)
Glad that happened ✝️✝️
Sad this happened 🙏🙏
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