I saw for other years... I'm suprised there's not one of this year.

Teen dies after being hit by a train
And could have been two deaths.

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In fairness, if you don't beat the train you have to wait a whole minute or two (asumming it doesn't stop/reverse/stop/pull forward/stop/reverse/stop/go for a coffee break...etc. like the one by my house).

It's like those people in the lane next to you who peel out and go as fast as they can when the light turns green, only to end up next to you again at the next red light. Go speed racers, go!

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"In order to increase awareness of the homeless, security have been given binoculars."

Another two teens died after jumping up and down on an oil tank for a while, then sparking a KABOOM that shot them 400+ feet through the air.

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"Look! Strong oil tank! Strong oil tank!"

Edited to add: I wonder if their shoes may have somehow generated sparks? Is this possible?

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Its not impossible. I've seen those retarded shoes with the motion activated lights in them.

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A lot more people are killed by train then many people would like to think...

It's not often reported though, but almost all are avoidable.



Extremely unlikely, unless their shoes were made out of flint or something.

The light things wouldn't have enough power too light oil.

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Flint shoes! Perhaps I can market those along with the lead-based face paint I want to sell to juggalos.

Also, I sat at a 7 minute train on my way to work tonight. It was depressing.

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I can believe it, but the ones that I hear are usually "walking along the tracks" and very often include substances.
I'm sure there's more to it, those tanks are usually pretty tough.

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The hypothesis is that their jumping forced vapor out of the relief valve and may have been ignited by a near by campfire the group had started. The sad part of the story is that a dog was also killed.

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What they were doing was cool!

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Another one involving a train, and a full moon. I would suspect beverages also.

Police: Man Joking Around Near Tracks Killed By Train

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Is that what they mean by putting your [backside] on the line? Ouch.

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I'm like one of those idiot savants...well, except for the savant part.
"In order to increase awareness of the homeless, security have been given binoculars."

I guess he'll be the butt of our jokes for awhile ...

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Well, 2007 is not over. Nominations are still coming in.

So there you have it! There's still 5 months left for people to take themselves out of the gene pool and make a lasting statement at the same time! Just hope none of the esteemed members of this board do anything like this. Well, except for

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I've been caught by freight trains that moving at legal speeds for the section of track they're on, hold up crossings for nearly an hour. If you've ever seen the new intermodal cars that carry rig trailers, they're articulated cars nearly 50 feet per segment, with three segments per car, and they pack those trains with LOTS of them.

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Exactly my point, we didn't have a place to put our nominations for 2007.

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Darwin for 2007??? What is this title?

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Dagnabbit, when I do this:

why does it come out as:

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I'm not loving this "smart" new URL software.

Double dagnabbit, it goes inside of php tags, too and screws it up.

I did this (but with DDDDDD replaced with Darwin):

Reported in About BAUT, here. (Edit: And it looks like Fraser turned off the feature for now.)

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It must have been a blast.

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I'm having a hard time trying to think of one that would not be avoidable.

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Those kids killed jumping on an oil tank happened here in Colorado a few weeks ago.

This story indicates a cigarette lighter may have caused the explosion. Perhaps one of them paused to light up and got lit. According to this story,

He said deputies were trying to determine whether a campfire or a cigarette lighter ignited the vapor. Some of the 18 people at the party had lit a campfire, Joos said, but he was not sure how close it was to the tank.

The story also provides another clue:

Coroner Randall Cochran said marijuana was found in both teens' bodies and each had a blood-alcohol level higher than the 0.08 percent legal limit for driving.

I'm just waiting to hear about the inevitable lawsuit.

Yeah, and as I mentioned I live about 3 blocks from a glass plant (Anchor Hocking, you're probably seen their stuff at your local Target or Wal Mart). The loading/unloading zone is too close to the road, so if you happen to be there when the train comes, it will stop. reverse. go forward. stop. reverse. go forward. etc. For no less than 20 minutes. Their schedule is so that the train comes at 8:30 am and 5:20 pm...the times people are going to and coming from work. It really "boils my tea!" to put it mild(and stupid)ly. It's a 24-hour factory, I don't see why they couldn't schedule it for like, 5:30am and 2:20pm, or after rush hour. Oh well.

Anyway my point was that, 99% of the time you're stopped at a train for 1-3 minutes, yet people regularly try to "beat the trains", even driving around the drop bar in many instances. Is it really worth risking your life to save 3 minutes on your drive? People who are ignorant and impatient annoy me.

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"In order to increase awareness of the homeless, security have been given binoculars."

One would like to think these contacts are avoidable. The sad fact is that it almost always invokes the "rule of three". The suburban electrics are known among rail workers as whispering death. Even a diesel coasting at 100 km or in imperial 60 mph makes very little noise.

Most crossings usually have warning devices but the private citizen exercising peculiar rights of freedom regarding choosing their own access points gives them no protection.

The "rule of three" is after one there will soon be two more, I don't know if it applies outside Australia. The second aspect is one of the three dies, one is critically maimed and succumbs several hours later and the surviving third person usually winds up in permanent care for any number of life destroying permanent injuries, physical and mental.

I can't point the finger as one night I was crossing the tracks absent mindedly to my job on the rail and found myself floodlit and hearing the loudest horn blast I have never wanted to hear again. I looked at my feet and was standing on the white board marking the closest point rail-cars can be put to on converging tracks.

As momentarily I was unsure which track it was coming from, it was night I stood as thin as possible. It is an eerie three seconds of metal rushing past your nose as you wonder am I going to be caught by some part of the train. Had I chosen to move my odds were 50% survival. It is good to be alive, I have been there for two others one made it and will never leave rehab and the other didn't.

Hey, give that reporter props for putting those last two words on there! All too often they would've been left off, leaving the reader to wonder just exactly why there's a legal BAC limit for jumping on an oil tank.

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I never understand why they quote the legal limit for driving when no one was driving


were they above the legal limit to be walking??? Seems like they are using an argument unrelated to another.

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And if they can get the Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer to argue the case, I can imagine this summary:
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I actually know a girl who was run over by a train. She was standing waiting for the train, got dizzy, stumbled and fell onto the tracks. Happened just as the train was coming. The train went right over her and she got away with two of her toes being lobbed off and that's all.

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I think this might fit better in the bad reporting or read that again thread, but since we are on the subject of train deaths... Two more local incidents.
Teen Dies, Man In Hospital After SUV Hit By Train
I'm not sure how big of a difference a seat belt makes when you get hit and dragged by a train.
Man Walking On Tracks Killed By Train
Gates? What gates? And why would that matter? (although, maybe there is a visual clue connection)

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Well, this one is Darwinistic (if that's a word), but I don't think it should be eligible for an award, because it's getting quite common...

Man dies attempting to remove copper from power line

3am? Sounds like there may have been a little extra influence.

I just wonder if the accomplice actually said "You're an idiot. I'm not gonna be around while you do this."

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I hate short articles... There's so much more that can be explained here.
Sheriff: Boy Drowns After Tying Rock To Ankle In Stunt
A sheriff said a 14-year-old boy who died after being pulled from a pond had tied a 75-pound rock to his ankle to perform a stunt.
After?
Investigators said they believe the rock around the boy's leg went into the deeper water, dragging him under water.
And why would they only "believe" it without knowing?

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