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The Last Selfie - Please, make sure your kids know to stay away from railroad tracks

Posted on 6/16/17 at 1:22 pm
Posted by chinhoyang
Member since Jun 2011
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Posted on 6/16/17 at 1:22 pm
Nice selfie, three teen girls having a great time together as they watch a train go by. Sadly, they didn't see or hear the train coming up behind them (you can see the headlight in the selfie). All three were killed as one or both trains struck them.

Just a sad reminder: Make sure your kids know how dangerous railroad tracks are. Saw someone yesterday getting a photo on the tracks. Some photographers like to take photos on tracks - don't let it happen.

The engineer and conductor have to live with this. Took place in 2011 in Utah.



Selfied Tragedy
This post was edited on 6/16/17 at 1:31 pm
Posted by rondo
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Posted on 6/16/17 at 1:24 pm to
Selfies are so fricking stupid
Posted by theOG
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Posted on 6/16/17 at 1:26 pm to
Were these people deaf?
Posted by t00f
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Posted on 6/16/17 at 1:26 pm to
link?
Posted by LucasP
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Posted on 6/16/17 at 1:26 pm to
Dude what's up with all the death in today's threads? fricking Christ, you people are acting all emo. It's summer time, go outside, have a coke, get some sun and smile. You depressing fricks.
Posted by gadknot
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Posted on 6/16/17 at 1:27 pm to
at least they died doing what they loved
Posted by Boudreaux35
BR
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Posted on 6/16/17 at 1:27 pm to
Standing on a RR track and didn't hear a train coming? Were they deaf?
Posted by jeff5891
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Posted on 6/16/17 at 1:27 pm to
Posted by upgrayedd
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Posted on 6/16/17 at 1:27 pm to
How sober people get hit by trains is a complete mystery to me.
Posted by The Bruce
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Posted on 6/16/17 at 1:28 pm to
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Posted by StealthCalais11
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Posted on 6/16/17 at 1:29 pm to
quote:

How sober people get hit by trains is a complete mystery to me.


Go visit your local Wal Mart for 10 minutes; all doubt will be removed from your mind.
Posted by chinhoyang
Member since Jun 2011
26233 posts
Posted on 6/16/17 at 1:29 pm to
quote:

Were these people deaf?
Double tracks. They were watching the train facing them go by. The noise masked the horn. The engineer and the conductor laid on the horn and were screaming "get off" (which wouldn't do any good obviously, but it is instinct).
Posted by peaster68
Mississippi
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Posted on 6/16/17 at 1:29 pm to
Yeah, it's not like the train jumps off its tracks to hit you.
Posted by Hangit
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Posted on 6/16/17 at 1:31 pm to
Now they will never grow up and marry a nice guy. The nice guy will have to find three others.

Posted by GeorgeTheGreek
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Posted on 6/16/17 at 1:31 pm to
Idiots. How can you not hear or see a train?
Posted by LucasP
Member since Apr 2012
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Posted on 6/16/17 at 1:32 pm to
quote:

Standing on a RR track and didn't hear a train coming? Were they deaf?


The way I read it, they were standing in front of one that was already moving so they couldn't hear the one on the tracks that they were standing on.
Posted by iheartlsu
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Posted on 6/16/17 at 1:33 pm to
Posted by Breaux
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Posted by chinhoyang
Member since Jun 2011
26233 posts
Posted on 6/16/17 at 1:34 pm to
quote:

Idiots. How can you not hear or see a train?


They had scooted up close to a train that was passing by (which put them between the two tracks). The noise would mask the sound of the other train.

I photographed this near mowdown - the couple did not see or hear the other train coming up the hill and only the KCS engineer's quick action stopped them from getting killed.

Posted by ChewyDante
Member since Jan 2007
17232 posts
Posted on 6/16/17 at 1:35 pm to
I'm assuming this is bullshite without a credible link to a news story. There's no way they didn't hear a fricking train, who was most probably blasting his horn.
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