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Tuesday, November 2, 2010

How do you not see a big green and white locomotive barreling down?

I also never understood how anyone can cross railway tracks without at least having the common sense to check for an oncoming train. How one doesn't *see* flashing lights and hear the clanging of bells, the roar of the engine, and the wail of a whistle, means the ear music was too loud or the fatality wasn't accidental.

Makes no sense.

Cyclist struck and killed by GO Train

Source: Toronto Sun

ONTARIO -
A 54-year-old cyclist was struck and killed by a passenger train in north Scarborough just after the dinner-hour Tuesday.

Toronto Police say the woman was riding west along the sidewalk on the north side of Finch Ave. E., east of Kennedy Rd., when she was hit by the Go train.

"Our initial reports suggest the train crossing arms came down and she circumvented them," Sgt. Tim Burrows, of Traffic Services, said Tuesday night.

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6 comments:

mocha said...

i'm with you girl. how did she not see it? and not even notice the arms come down or even hear the whistle? let alone the noise of the train!!! had to be an ipod...

i mean this is just awful for her family and hopefully her death won't be for nothing and other people will try to pay attention more!

TomW said...

I think the main problem is that when a train is coming directly towards you, it's very hard to judge the speed. These incidents often happen because someone looks up the line, sees that the train is far away, and then think they have enough time to cross.

What I would like to see is breakdown of persons-hit-by-trains into (1) trespass (2) deliberately breaking level crossing rules and (3) accidentally breaking level crossing rules. I bet 1 and 2 are much bigger than 3.

Karen Kirkham said...

There was a news article this week out of quebec, after 3 kids were killed by a train. The main premise was people cannot judge the speed of trains.

Karen said...

There was a news article this week out of quebec, after 3 kids were killed by a train. The main premise was people cannot judge the speed of trains.

karen said...

Sorry, but that sounded so good I had to post it twice. jk.

Anonymous said...

how about people just stay off the tracks???