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College-aged male in Tuscaloosa gets hit by train...was wearing headphones
Posted on 7/31/14 at 7:48 pm
Posted on 7/31/14 at 7:48 pm
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How could the guy not feel the vibrations?
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Witnesses told authorities the victim was walking with his headphones on and didn’t hear the train coming. Phillips says there are no signs foul play was involved.
How could the guy not feel the vibrations?
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Posted on 7/31/14 at 7:50 pm to diddydirtyAubie
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How could the guy not feel the vibrations?
Also if you've ever spent a decent amount of time in Tuscaloosa you know that the trains move at a snails pace.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 8:09 pm to diddydirtyAubie
How sad. I would never walk near a train track though. My dad put the fear of God into me regarding trains since he worked for BNSF.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 8:11 pm to UMTigerRebel
My Dad has worked for CSX for a few decades at this point, so I'm the same way. I could be sitting at night alone at a train crossing in the car and still wouldn't cross it if the train was taking forever to come through. Heard too many stories.
ETA: It reminds me of a story that came up here recently about converting another one of our bridges into a walking bridge. They converted an old railway bridge here that no longer has train traffic, which was cool. But now people want an ACTIVE railway bridge to be converted to allow people to walk along it. It's ridiculous.
ETA: It reminds me of a story that came up here recently about converting another one of our bridges into a walking bridge. They converted an old railway bridge here that no longer has train traffic, which was cool. But now people want an ACTIVE railway bridge to be converted to allow people to walk along it. It's ridiculous.
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Posted on 7/31/14 at 8:24 pm to diddydirtyAubie
Jesus, that's horrible.
I do not play around train tracks at all because I'm paranoid about accidents like this happening.
I do not play around train tracks at all because I'm paranoid about accidents like this happening.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 8:58 pm to BluegrassBelle
Same here Belle. I heard so many stories of him seeing brains, body parts, etc. at the site of accidents. I never try to beat a train, I stop far away from the safety line, and I never stop on the track during a traffic light.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 9:01 pm to UMTigerRebel
Pretty much the same thing happened here in Memphis a few weeks ago. Dude was running for exercise in the tracks and got hit.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 9:10 pm to bbvdd
I live in the Memphis area, and I vaguely remember this. That track is always busy.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 9:11 pm to bbvdd
I always have this fear when I'm driving through an area that is runner/biker heavy that I'm going to hit one of those guys when they're in the zone with headphones on and not paying attention.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 9:12 pm to UMTigerRebel
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I live in the Memphis area, and I vaguely remember this. That track is always busy.
Who the hell runs on a train track any way?
Posted on 7/31/14 at 9:15 pm to bbvdd
Stupid people. We have the Green Line now, so why chance it?
Posted on 7/31/14 at 9:22 pm to UMTigerRebel
Fayetteville has train tracks that go through the middle of town, with at least 5 crossings that are just lights, no bar. They cross Dickson, too.
Several years ago a college student was coming home in heavy rain and drove right in front of a train. He was killed instantly. I remember driving past and seeing a group of people out there crying and a crushed car 100 yards down the tracks.
Another college student was badly injured a few years back when he passed out on the tracks walking back to his house from Dickson.
Several years ago a college student was coming home in heavy rain and drove right in front of a train. He was killed instantly. I remember driving past and seeing a group of people out there crying and a crushed car 100 yards down the tracks.
Another college student was badly injured a few years back when he passed out on the tracks walking back to his house from Dickson.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 9:28 pm to wmr
We have one that goes through Collierville, Germantown, Memphis, and there are sections that only have lights, no crossing signal bars. I know to pause and look before I go over them. You will never win if you try to go up against a train.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 9:37 pm to UMTigerRebel
It is probably an incredibly awful thing to say, but this sounds like survival of the fittest. If you are running on train tracks with head phones on then you probably weren't too smart to begin with.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 9:43 pm to diddydirtyAubie
A couple months ago, a girl in Auburn that passed out on the tracks walking back from the bars. Pretty sure a train ran over her...she was fine though.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 9:46 pm to diddydirtyAubie
Didn't one of the posters in the O-T lose a brother this way last year?
Posted on 7/31/14 at 9:53 pm to diddydirtyAubie
Posted on 7/31/14 at 10:17 pm to diddydirtyAubie
Test it and report back. We are all curious.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 10:26 pm to diddydirtyAubie
I worked as a train dispatcher for BNSF for about 3 years and I had to personally deal with and had friends that dealt with this sort of shite way too often.
Trains aren't barley as loud as you'd think. It's very easy not to see or feel them coming.
I'll tell you right now you should ALWAYS slow down or even stop at RR crossings. Even the ones with gates and lights.
I personally could have gotten civilians killed on night when a RR crossing on my territory went out. When that happens it's our job as dispatchers to give out a crossing malfunction warning to any train we're going to run through it, so that they can stop and the conductor will block the crossing until the train fully occupies it. Well, I missed a couple trains due to a brain fart. And I was good at my job, but sometimes you just forget shite because you have a million things going on. Luckily I caught it before anyone could get hurt, but it's a lesson for you. Don't trust that those automatic crossings will save your arse.
Trains aren't barley as loud as you'd think. It's very easy not to see or feel them coming.
I'll tell you right now you should ALWAYS slow down or even stop at RR crossings. Even the ones with gates and lights.
I personally could have gotten civilians killed on night when a RR crossing on my territory went out. When that happens it's our job as dispatchers to give out a crossing malfunction warning to any train we're going to run through it, so that they can stop and the conductor will block the crossing until the train fully occupies it. Well, I missed a couple trains due to a brain fart. And I was good at my job, but sometimes you just forget shite because you have a million things going on. Luckily I caught it before anyone could get hurt, but it's a lesson for you. Don't trust that those automatic crossings will save your arse.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 10:55 pm to diddydirtyAubie
I walk on train tracks all the time but I'm extra attentive and check behind frequently. I couldn't imagine going anywhere near them with headphones.
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RIP
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