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Personal Trainer Achilles Williams Struck, Killed by Train While Filming Fitness Video
People Magazine ^
| 3/19/2015
| Melody Chiu
Posted on 03/20/2015 8:51:38 AM PDT by Rodamala
Two months after fitness expert and reality TV star Greg Plitt was killed by a Metrolink train in California, another personal trainer was struck and killed Tuesday in Georgia by a freight train.
Achilles Williams, 30, a popular Atlanta-area personal trainer, was skipping rope near the train tracks filming a YouTube workout video when he was sideswiped by a speeding freight train, a spokesperson at the Fulton County coroner's office confirms to PEOPLE.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: rail; youcantfixstupid
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You are now apparently 1000 times more likely to be run over by a train if you are a professional fitness instructor than if you actually work for the railroad.
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posted on
03/20/2015 8:51:38 AM PDT
by
Rodamala
To: Rodamala
Gives new meaning to the word “training”.
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posted on
03/20/2015 8:54:16 AM PDT
by
Starstruck
(If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarca only ones we can gesm or criticism...or do.)
To: Rodamala
And that folks is your Budweiser post of the day.
Good job.
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posted on
03/20/2015 8:55:15 AM PDT
by
A Cyrenian
(Don't worry about stuffing the bus or filling the fridge. Try filling the Church.)
To: Rodamala
Yo dog, we herd you like training, so we put a train in your training so you could train while training.
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posted on
03/20/2015 8:55:24 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
To: Darksheare
At least he was working and not on the dole.
To: Starstruck
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posted on
03/20/2015 8:57:18 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Rodamala
Trains were his Achilles heel.
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posted on
03/20/2015 8:57:49 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
To: Tijeras_Slim
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posted on
03/20/2015 8:59:13 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
To: Rodamala
From that picture who would have guessed he thought the train would go around him.
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posted on
03/20/2015 9:00:28 AM PDT
by
IMR 4350
To: Rodamala
Fitness boy, train thyself!
To: Rodamala
What’s the point of working out on a railroad track? I can think of one really good reason not to which Achilles Williams now understands.
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posted on
03/20/2015 9:02:24 AM PDT
by
CommerceComet
(Ignore the GOP-e. Cruz to victory in 2016.)
To: All
Tragic story.
I have to ask “What was this guy thinking?”.
OK, you want to film a video by the railroad tracks. That’s cool.
But seriously, how could you not hear the train and think “Um, maybe I should move out of the way. I AM standing pretty close to (or on) the tracks. I’d hate to get killed or injured”.
Worse yet, why didn’t the person doing the filming yell out “Yo Achilles, you better get your butt out of the way NOW!”.
To: Rodamala
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posted on
03/20/2015 9:03:09 AM PDT
by
DungeonMaster
(No one can come to me unless the Father who sent Me draws him.)
To: Rodamala
Why are all these fitness knuckleheads drawn to train tracks for their videos? What stupid metaphor are they trying to imitate?
To: Rodamala
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posted on
03/20/2015 9:06:00 AM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: Starstruck
To: CommerceComet
Mr Incredible did, with fantastic results.
To: Rodamala
Seems that Achilles had an Achilles Heel, in that he was dumber than the dirt by the railroad.
To: Starstruck
"..also "Starstruck"
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posted on
03/20/2015 9:08:33 AM PDT
by
Doogle
(( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Rodamala
A selfie-taking gym-rat with neck tattoos and not enough sense to get out of the way of a train ... Role Model!!!
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posted on
03/20/2015 9:08:58 AM PDT
by
spodefly
(This is my tag line. There are many like it, but this one is mine.)
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