LIVONIA, La u A Louisiana teenager playing a game with friends
on train tracks was killed this weekend when some equipment
threw him under one of the cars.
Law enforcement officials tell The Advocate that 17-year-old
Brandt Torres and three friends had been placing coins on train
tracks to watch them be crushed early Sunday. Torres lay on the
ground inches from the passing cars. A ladder hanging off one of
the cars caught him, tossing him under the train. He was just
south of a Union Pacific rail yard in Livonia, and he died about
1:30 a.m.
Authorities say Torres nearly died two years earlier in a
hunting accident when he stood up in the path of a fellow duck
hunter. A sheriff's spokesman called his recovery "close to a
miracle."
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/12/09/louisiana-teen-placing- coins-on-tracks-crushed-by-train/
Seems like Darwin was marking this one for extinction.
Same here. I usually put a small piece of chewing gun to hold the penny in place, otherwise the vibration would often shake it off the rail
"BeamMeUpScotty" wrote in message news:AL%hw.1066862$yK.437737@fx14.iad...
Seems like Darwin was marking this one for extinction.
As kids we did the same thing with pennies, only we always backed off to a >safe distance
On 12/9/2014 6:18 PM, BHO Legacy wrote:
LIVONIA, La u A Louisiana teenager playing a game with friendsSeems like Darwin was marking this one for extinction.
on train tracks was killed this weekend when some equipment
threw him under one of the cars.
Law enforcement officials tell The Advocate that 17-year-old
Brandt Torres and three friends had been placing coins on train
tracks to watch them be crushed early Sunday. Torres lay on the
ground inches from the passing cars. A ladder hanging off one of
the cars caught him, tossing him under the train. He was just
south of a Union Pacific rail yard in Livonia, and he died about
1:30 a.m.
Authorities say Torres nearly died two years earlier in a
hunting accident when he stood up in the path of a fellow duck
hunter. A sheriff's spokesman called his recovery "close to a
miracle."
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/12/09/louisiana-teen-placing-
coins-on-tracks-crushed-by-train/
On 12/10/14 12:52 PM, BeamMeUpScotty wrote:
On 12/9/2014 6:18 PM, BHO Legacy wrote:It always amazes me how people don't take precautions. Tonight walking through Cambridge on a dark rainy night I saw two bike riders riding
LIVONIA, La u A Louisiana teenager playing a game with friendsSeems like Darwin was marking this one for extinction.
on train tracks was killed this weekend when some equipment
threw him under one of the cars.
Law enforcement officials tell The Advocate that 17-year-old
Brandt Torres and three friends had been placing coins on train
tracks to watch them be crushed early Sunday. Torres lay on the
ground inches from the passing cars. A ladder hanging off one of
the cars caught him, tossing him under the train. He was just
south of a Union Pacific rail yard in Livonia, and he died about
1:30 a.m.
Authorities say Torres nearly died two years earlier in a
hunting accident when he stood up in the path of a fellow duck
hunter. A sheriff's spokesman called his recovery "close to a
miracle."
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/12/09/louisiana-teen-placing-
coins-on-tracks-crushed-by-train/
through traffic - with no lights, dark clothes and no helmets. This is
so common. And of course not only are they endangering themselves but
they are putting drivers at risk for inadvertently hitting them.
On 12/9/2014 6:18 PM, BHO Legacy wrote:
LIVONIA, La u A Louisiana teenager playing a game with friendsSeems like Darwin was marking this one for extinction.
on train tracks was killed this weekend when some equipment
threw him under one of the cars.
Law enforcement officials tell The Advocate that 17-year-old
Brandt Torres and three friends had been placing coins on train
tracks to watch them be crushed early Sunday. Torres lay on the
ground inches from the passing cars. A ladder hanging off one of
the cars caught him, tossing him under the train. He was just
south of a Union Pacific rail yard in Livonia, and he died about
1:30 a.m.
Authorities say Torres nearly died two years earlier in a
hunting accident when he stood up in the path of a fellow duck
hunter. A sheriff's spokesman called his recovery "close to a
miracle."
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/12/09/louisiana-teen-placing-
coins-on-tracks-crushed-by-train/
"BeamMeUpScotty" wrote in message news:AL%hw.1066862$yK.437737@fx14.iad...
Seems like Darwin was marking this one for extinction.
As kids we did the same thing with pennies, only we always backed off to
a safe distance
On 12/10/2014 02:09 PM, Byker wrote:
"BeamMeUpScotty" wrote in messageWhen I was a kid I used to put coins and matchsticks on the streetcar
news:AL%hw.1066862$yK.437737@fx14.iad...
Seems like Darwin was marking this one for extinction.
As kids we did the same thing with pennies, only we always backed off to
a safe distance
track near my school. When the streetcar ran over the matchsticks they
made a nice popping sound.
Once, during a summer vacation, I filled a tin box with water, added
some carbide, put the lid on it and glued it to the rail with tar. When
the train ran over it it blew with a loud bang. The engineer hit the
brakes - and me and my friends hit the nearby woods...
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Nick Sandru
Somerville NJ
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