This almost sounds like a bad joke

[abcdefz]

Miss Deaf Texas struck by train, killed (http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/03/14/beauty.queen.death.ap/index.html) :(

[cosmo105]

today's headlines on my phone's browser:

"85 Found Dead in One Day"

"Woman Has Large Mango"

[b i o n i c]

i was gonna post that. like miss america being killed by a giant flag or somethin

[TurdBerglar]

what an idiot

[b i o n i c]

seriously, just cause she was deaf doesnt mean she couldnt SEE the tracks and know to look around. dumbass.

[TAL]

seriously, just cause she was blind doesnt mean she couldnt SEE the tracks and know to look around. dumbass.
Who was blind?

[b i o n i c]

deaf i meant, im a dumbass

[abcdefz]

"Woman Has Large Mango"


That's beautiful.



seriously, just cause she was deaf doesnt mean she couldnt SEE the tracks and know to look around. dumbass.



Yeah... I mean, if that's your handicap, one would think you'd get used to looking in all kinds of directions before crossing, the same way that some lepers who've lost all sense of feeling have to do constant visual checks if they've hit something, to make sure they didn't open any wounds or whatever.

But the deaf thing brings up a local issue, with these new hybrid cars. I guess pedetrians who rely on the sound of automobiles are in trouble with these babies, because they're silent, so if you're crossing the street and one is turning right and you don't see it, you're screwed.

*note to self*

[B4BY 4NN]

what an idiot

I'm horrible because that made me LOL

[TurdBerglar]

atleast your not splattered on an amtrak

[jabumbo]

i have to agree with turd on this one...

if you don't see a train coming, i just don't get it. why would you walk that close to the tracks anyway?

[GoldenFutterman]

That's sad,but she isnt blind she was deaf

[bigblu89]

Little bit of an update...

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/03/15/miss.deaf.texas/index.html


Deaf beauty queen was text-messaging when hit by train

-- Deaf beauty contest winner Tara McAvoy was walking from home to her mother's workplace, text-messaging family and friends, as she walked along the railroad tracks in Austin, Texas, when a train struck her, according to the Austin Police Department.

A Massachusetts-born Texan, who liked to quote "Don't mess with Texas," the 18-year-old was going to represent the Lone Star State at the Miss Deaf America Pageant in Palm Desert, California, this July.

It was one of many pageants McAvoy had entered, "both in the hearing community and in the deaf community," said Claire Bugen, superintendent of the Texas School for the Deaf, on Wednesday.

The Austin Police Department received a 911 call from Union-Pacific, which owns the train, at 2:18 p.m. Monday, said Laura Albrecht, spokesperson for the Austin Police Department.

"Our understanding is that she text-messaged the family, and yes, the family members were going to pick her up," Albrecht added.

McAvoy was walking northbound along the railroad ties, with her back to the train, as it approached. A horn sounded, but "they weren't able to get a response," said Austin Police Department detective David Fugitt. "At that point, they activated their emergency braking system, but they weren't able to stop in time."

A snowplow -- commonly referred to as "cattle-guards" for pushing items away from the tracks to avoid train damage -- was what struck McAvoy, who was estimated to be "no more than a foot" from the tracks, Fugitt said.

"The snowplow extends approximately 16 inches on each side from the train," he said, and was mounted to the front engine of the train.

McAvoy died at the scene from "multiple traumatic injuries," Fugitt said.

Fugitt said there were witnesses who had heard the horn sound and that the police department was actively seeking anyone who had seen the accident occur.

An investigation is underway with Union Pacific and the Travis County Medical Examiner's Office, Fugitt said. He said it was unclear how fast the train was going.

Don't walk on the fucking tracks. Especially if you can't hear the damn train coming.

[DandyFop]

the thing that confuses me is, hearing or no hearing, you can fucking feel the vibrations of a god damn train coming, especially if you are walking ON the tracks. WTF?

[abcdefz]

Don't walk on the fucking tracks. Especially if you can't hear the damn train coming.



Wow. That is really, really stupid.

My sympathies, but that is fucking stupid. (n)

[bigblu89]

Wow. That is really, really stupid.

My sympathies, but that is fucking stupid. (n)

What I said? Or her walking on the tracks?

[TurdBerglar]

her walking on the tracks i think

[cosmo105]

i found it! (http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1722498)

[The Notorious LOL]

perhaps she was walking by one parked train, stepped onto another track facing the opposite direction and got smacked.


ever seen Banned From TV? it happens on there.

[TurdBerglar]

when that little girl got pummelled?

[Matt]

the thing that confuses me is, hearing or no hearing, you can fucking feel the vibrations of a god damn train coming, especially if you are walking ON the tracks. WTF?

hey! Don't mess with texas!

[abcdefz]

What I said? Or her walking on the tracks?


Walking along the tracks like that.

What would be even more insanely sad is if she thought she were doing the right thing: walking in the direction that a train would come, not realizing they can come from either direction.