Man on phone killed by train

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Man on phone killed by train

RIVERSIDE: Police say it is not rare for distracted pedestrians to be hit.

Sunday, January 2, 2005

By SONJA BJELLAND and GREGOR McGAVIN / The Press-Enterprise

A Grand Terrace man died Friday afternoon after being struck by a freight train while talking on his cell phone, officials said Saturday.The man was walking west on Palmyrita Avenue in Riverside at about 3:25 p.m. and waited at the tracks near Iowa Avenue for a southbound train to pass, said Sgt. Marcus Smail with the Riverside Police Department.

After the train passed, the 37-year-old man proceeded to cross the tracks while talking on the phone and was struck by a northbound Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway train, witnesses told police.

"Obviously, he didn't realize it was coming," Smail said by phone.


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[jellybelly]

1. of course, he had to be talking to his nagging wife

[IronLionZion]

5. it's all her fault

if I had a nagging wife, I wouldn't tell her my cell number

[smbolisnch]

2. Must have been an engaging conversation

to not see a freaking freight train about to hit you :eyes:

[Floydian Slip]

3. This happened near here

a year or so ago. A young girl was listening to hand phones and walking on train tracks.

Some people just do not use their gray matter very well.

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4. that happens more often than you think

It happened 2 summers ago to someone I know, and he wasn't an idiot or anything. When you hear a train, you don't always expect 2 of them coming in different directions. Trains are loud. You might not hear the second one.

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6. I did not know how often this happens

Of course, I don't know why people have to gab all the time, and to talk and walk. If this is such an important call, just step aside and conclude it.

[alfredo]

7. Nature has its way of culling the herd of those

not ready to climb the evolutionary ladder.

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8. LOL n/t

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9. Amen. n/t