Another tragic mistake.

[CSXrules4eva]

This woman made a costly judgement call. Personally, her judgement wasn't all that great to begin with. Maybe this person dosen't have any common sence or something. In no way should anyone crawl under a train for any reason. She didn't stop to think that maybe the train wasn't at idle, and if it was she didn't think that the train was bound to move sometime? She doesn't know the sechedule of that particulary train at that moment. I also really don't understand what they were doing on railroad property anyway. Some people just need help sometimes.

Well, my thoughts and prayers go out to all those who were involved and all those who got hurt. God Bless.

[bbrant]

Why in the world would you take such a risk, especially with children? I could never do something so dumb let along coax my daughters into doing the same thing! Some people just don't get it. Sad part is that the safe way to cross the tracks was only a short distance away and this freak chose to do something completely stupid! I don't understand the thinking of some people.

Brian

[emd_SD_60]

And oh yeah, they need to throw her in the pokey PRONTO. The idea of waiting for the child to get better until they do is utter BS...[:(!] There's too many PC pigs (cops) out there... gotta keep the enemy free for the benefit of the children.[:(!]

[emd_SD_60]

QUOTE: Originally posted by ChrisBARailfan
According to police and family members, Glenda Ross, her boyfriend, the two daughters and another child Ross was babysitting for left the home and for some reason decided to go onto the railroad property and cross the tracks rather than use an overpass located about 180 yards from the point where the accident took place. The overpass is the only point in the city allowing north-south access when trains are stopped on the tracks.

[:(!][:(!]Then this retard should have gotten off her fat redneck a** and walked the 180 yards over to the overpass![:(!] This b***h is living proof some people are severely incompetent of caring for children...[:(!] Like UPTRAIN told me, I'd gladly throw her under a hotshot Z train doing 70 for her lack of a brain! ;)]

[tree68]

But.... It can't happen to ME!

[chad thomas]

I think the boyfriend should be charged too. And stories like this should be front page news so more people hear about the dangers of screwing around on RR property.

[ChrisBARailfan]

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/13071032.htm

Mother charged after girl loses arm going under stopped train

Associated Press


SCOTT CITY, Mo. - A woman has been charged with child endangerment after her daughter's arm was severed when a train that had stopped lurched forward as she and her boyfriend led the girl and two other children under it, Scott City police said.

The accident happened Sunday afternoon in Scott City, a community just south of Cape Girardeau in southeastern Missouri. The southbound Union Pacific train had been stopped on the tracks, waiting for a northbound train to pass.

The injured child, Mikala Morrow, 7, is in the pediatric intensive care unit at St. Louis Childrens Hospital, and family members said she was to have surgery on Thursday to repair her shoulder.

Her mother, Glenda Ross, 34, of Scott City, has been charged with three felony counts of child endangerment. She was at the hospital with her daughter and won't be arrested until the child has had more time to recover, Scott City Police Chief Don Cobb said.

"For the good of the child, we are prepared to wait," Cobb said Wednesday. The warrant issued for Ross on Tuesday specifies a $75,000 bond for release after her arrest.

Daniel Ross, father of Glenda, said Mikala and another daughter were on a regular weekend visit with their mother in Scott City. He said they live in Benton with their father, Timothy Morrow, during the week.

According to police and family members, Glenda Ross, her boyfriend, the two daughters and another child Ross was babysitting for left the home and for some reason decided to go onto the railroad property and cross the tracks rather than use an overpass located about 180 yards from the point where the accident took place. The overpass is the only point in the city allowing north-south access when trains are stopped on the tracks.

Cobb said everyone but Mikala had made it through when the train began to move.

"The overpass has shoulders that are six feet wide to accommodate pedestrians," Cobb said. "Why they didn't walk down the Second Street overpass, I have no idea. I had a lot of questions about how this thing happened the way it did and I don't have a lot of good answers."

Daniel Ross said he didn't understand why his daughter's boyfriend, who he said was the first to cross the tracks, had not been charged as well. Cobb said the decision on charges was up to Paul Boyd, the Scott County prosecutor.

"The prosecutor goes where the facts take him," Cobb said. "He didn't feel charges were warranted against the boyfriend."

Mark Davis, a Union Pacific spokesman, said members of the train crew were unaware of the accident until they were down the track and told to stop.

"This tragic incident is not only very hard on the family but the train crew as well, to later on find out that they injured a juvenile and did not even know it," Davis said. "It is one of the most heart-wrenching experiences a train crew can go through."

Another tragic error in judgement leads to heartache and pain for many. I will pray for the girl and the crew and hope the mother gets some time for what she did to her daughter.