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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 02:23 PM Original message |
Farmworker activist killed when train hits car |
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SeveneightyWhoa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. OMG!!! |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 02:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. that's precisely where I was going. barring that |
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denverbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. I hope the train driver actually saw him drive onto the tracks. |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 02:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. One wonders whether another car pushed him |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 04:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
22. It doesn't matter if the engineer saw him or not...you can't stop a train |
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denverbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 04:10 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. I realize that. That wasn't my point. |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 04:15 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Ah. I did miss that point. Many locomotives have in-cab video now... |
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stopthegop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
4. yep...someone drives around the crossing arm.. |
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azmesa207 (327 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 02:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Activist Killed |
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el_gato (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 02:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. You don't know the facts but you act like you do |
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BostonTeaParty04 (512 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 02:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. You can't believe how many people get hit by trains every year... |
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demdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 03:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. It is very easy to see a train coming, but difficult to determine speed |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 03:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. I worked for the railroad over twenty years |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 04:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Which railroad, paulk? |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 04:19 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Union Pacific |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 04:24 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Moffet Tunnel: 6-point-something miles of darkness and diesel fumes... |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 03:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. While understanding suspicion...some stats |
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stopthegop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 03:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. right...so assume the big bad train got him... |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
7. Yeah, you really wouldn't want any information |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 03:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. I didn't read this thread until after I posted!!! |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
11. A terrible loss. |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
15. Hmmm |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 03:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Whoah, that is suspicious!!! Must have been one FAST train,... |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 03:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I know, I know |
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Heyo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 04:18 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. People do it ALL THE TIME.... |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
16. Imho, the author can not assert he "drove around a railroad crossing arm" |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 03:53 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Well, it seems the options are drove around it or drove through it |
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demdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-04 03:57 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. ROVE! ROVE! ROVE! He used an EMP device to disable the vehicle and then |
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