5 fatalities that I can recall
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wrote on 4 Jun 2021, 19:47 last edited by George K 6 Apr 2021, 19:48
- Two teenage kids walking along a railroad bridge over our local river
- Bicyclist went around stopped train
- Suicide by freight
And today
- Pedestrian struck by westbound freight at 1 this afternoon. All trains through my town are stopped.
The train always, always wins.
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wrote on 4 Jun 2021, 19:51 last edited by
A good friend of mine in Springfield always hopped the trains as a way of getting around in town. It caught up with him at 59 when he was still doing it. He hopped one after drinking at a bar, fell under and lost a leg.
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wrote on 4 Jun 2021, 19:53 last edited by
Make that 6.
There was one in 2018 that I forgot.
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wrote on 4 Jun 2021, 21:35 last edited by Doctor Phibes 6 Apr 2021, 21:35
My great grandfather worked on the railways in Manchester. He fell, leg got trapped, train ran over it. At least he lived to tell the tale, but times were pretty hard after that with two kids and one leg.
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wrote on 4 Jun 2021, 22:46 last edited by
Word on the street is that one legged people are at a disadvantage in ass-kicking contests.
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wrote on 4 Jun 2021, 22:51 last edited by Copper 6 Apr 2021, 22:52
Q: What do you call a woman with one leg shorter than the other?
A: Eileen.
Q: What do you call a Japanese woman with one leg shorter than the other?
A: Irene.Q: What do you call a man with both legs amputated at the Knees?
A: Neil.Q: What do you call a man with no arms and no legs in a pile of leaves?
A: Russel.Q: What do you call a man with no arms and no legs nailed to the wall?
A: ArtQ: What do you call a man with no arms and no legs thrown out of the back
of a truck on the freeway?
A: Skippy. -
Word on the street is that one legged people are at a disadvantage in ass-kicking contests.
wrote on 4 Jun 2021, 23:16 last edited by Doctor Phibes 6 Apr 2021, 23:16@horace said in 5 fatalities that I can recall:
Word on the street is that one legged people are at a disadvantage in ass-kicking contests.
That kind of cheap shot would have made my great granddad hopping mad.
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wrote on 4 Jun 2021, 23:17 last edited by
On our town's FB group, someone posted, "They should let pedestrians know that a train is approaching."
Um....
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My great grandfather worked on the railways in Manchester. He fell, leg got trapped, train ran over it. At least he lived to tell the tale, but times were pretty hard after that with two kids and one leg.
wrote on 4 Jun 2021, 23:20 last edited by@doctor-phibes said in 5 fatalities that I can recall:
My great grandfather worked on the railways in Manchester. He fell, leg got trapped, train ran over it
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Barton_Pine
On January 16, 1995, Pine was severely injured in a train accident in the suburb of Winnetka, where she taught violin lessons.[2][43][44][45][46] As she was exiting a Metra commuter train with her violin over her shoulder, the doors closed on the strap to her case, pinning her left shoulder to the train. The doors, which were controlled remotely and had no safety sensors, failed to reopen, and she was dragged 366 feet (112 meters) by the train before being pulled underneath and run over, severing one leg and mangling the other. Pine was saved by the prompt application of tourniquets by several passengers who disembarked from the train after pulling its emergency brake handles.[43]
She sued Metra and the Chicago and North Western Transportation Company for compensation for her injuries and legal and medical expenses. Metra argued that she made the choice not to extricate her arm from the strap of the violin case due to the value of the instrument, a 400-year-old Amati valued at around $500,000, and thus she carried most of the blame for her injuries. The jury ruled in Pine's favor.[44] Metra changed its conductor safety procedures following the incident and made other changes to the trains themselves.
Daniel Barenboim, the conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, organized a benefit concert and raised over $75,000 after she was injured.[43] After a two-year hiatus to allow for recovery from her injuries, aided by numerous surgeries and physical therapy, Pine resumed her career.[2]