SchemerBob wrote:Here we go again!! Pa. teen struck and killed by Amtrak train The Associated PressMOUNT JOY, Pa. - A teenage boy who was wearing headphones while skateboarding died after being struck by a passenger train, an Amtrak spokeswoman said. Matthew Monroe, 15, apparently did not hear the warning bells or train horn Friday afternoon at a pedestrian crossing in Lancaster County, investigators said. The engineer was not able to stop the train, which was traveling about 80 mph, Amtrak spokeswoman Karina Romero said. None of the 242 passengers was injured, Romero said. Mount Joy Borough Manager Terry Kauffman said the crossing was dangerous."Amtrak has temporarily closed it, and this tragedy will lead us to a discussion on making that permanent," Kauffman said. The train, called the Pennsylvanian, was delayed for about three hours between the Lancaster and Harrisburg stations en route from New York to Pittsburgh.
Here we go again!!
The Associated PressMOUNT JOY, Pa. - A teenage boy who was wearing headphones while skateboarding died after being struck by a passenger train, an Amtrak spokeswoman said.
Matthew Monroe, 15, apparently did not hear the warning bells or train horn Friday afternoon at a pedestrian crossing in Lancaster County, investigators said.
The engineer was not able to stop the train, which was traveling about 80 mph, Amtrak spokeswoman Karina Romero said. None of the 242 passengers was injured, Romero said.
Mount Joy Borough Manager Terry Kauffman said the crossing was dangerous."Amtrak has temporarily closed it, and this tragedy will lead us to a discussion on making that permanent," Kauffman said.
The train, called the Pennsylvanian, was delayed for about three hours between the Lancaster and Harrisburg stations en route from New York to Pittsburgh.
James, Brisbane Australia
Modelling AT&SF in the 90s
chicagorails wrote: when i lived in mendota ill 2 16 year old girls pushed a 15 yr old boy in front of a speeding amtrak in earlville at 70 mph the boy did not have a chance. that was freaking freaky!!
when i lived in mendota ill 2 16 year old girls pushed a 15 yr old boy in front of a speeding amtrak in earlville at 70 mph the boy did not have a chance. that was freaking freaky!!
Don't the trains have to slow down in Earlville to get over the UP diamond? I would expect it's a lower speed than 70. Still, what you described sounds like something very horrible (and sad) to experience.
chicagorails wrote: when i lived in mendota ill 2 16 year old girls pushed a 15 yr old boy in front of a speeding amtrak in earlville at 70 mph the boy did not have a chance. that was freaking freaky!! seen some parents leash their kids so they dont dart in traffic in chicago,if not holding hands.
seen some parents leash their kids so they dont dart in traffic in chicago,if not holding hands.
My mother has often told me stories about my being a very energetic kid when I was a toddler growing up in New York City in the 1950's and how she would use a sort of harness on me so I would not dart away from her and into traffic when she and I walked the streets of the Bronx and Manhattan back then. This may sound like a rather cruel thing to do to a young boy of about three, but look, I AM STILL HERE AND KICKING!
Sorry Jim. I was addressing thr thread, not you in particular. I couldn't get into the link either, but got my information from CNN and Fox News, both of whom reported it. The mother was 22 years old and was walking with her 2 year old when the child broke free and started over the tracks. The mother tried to push her out of the way but both were hit and killed. You will get no arguement from me about people and drivers trying to beat the train and getting hit, but this case is totally different and all the more tragic. The thread was painting a totally different picture and I had to say something. I apoligise for sounding like I as singling you out.
Tom
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grampaw pettibone wrote:According to press reports, this happened when a two year old broke away from her mother and ran in front of a train. The mother was hit trying to save her. This is hardly a case of "stupid is as stupid does" and anyone saying something like that should be thoroughly ashamed of even thinking that. Trying to save one's child is hardly stupid or foolish and can only be described as heroic.
Yes, I would agree with you had I known this, but if you look above you will see the only information posted here is about people walking in front of an Amtrak train and hte link to the newspaper shown above will not work unless you log in with a password (which I do not have) so I had no way of knowing the information you speak of...all indication on this forum was to the contrary, see above.
I would agree entirely that if the mother was running onto the tracks to save her two year old child she exhibited natural paternal instinct. My apologies if my comments offended you but I still think very many people who walk accross the tracks in front of trains (and there are MANY of them) are just plain stupid, but not (according to you) this person.
One can only comment on a story based on the information available at the time of comment.
STUPID DOES AS STUPID IS
Sorry if that sounds insensetive but it really fits when somebody tries to cross the tracks after seeing a train (Amtrak or other, doesn't matter at all) coming down the track in their direction.
Randy Stahl wrote:You see a train.... move off the tracks.... safe ! Good job ! pretty simple if you ask me.
Simple, yes. But it still happens.
"Common sense isn't very common."
Ben Franklin
Sorry about that dead link. Here's another one that I hope works. This is very, very sad.
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