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Username: Rhymeswithrawk
Post Number: 827
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Friday, August 03, 2007 - 2:28 pm: |    |
Ouch. My question, though: Why on earth was he wearing a jacket? It was a kabillion degrees!
Bicyclist killed in accident involving train
August 3, 2007
By BOWDEYA TWEH
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER
The body of a bicyclist was found Thursday night in Detroit near South Dix and South Oakwood after an accident involving a train, according to the Detroit Police Department. It happened around 9:40 p.m., police said. Norfolk Southern tracks cross at the intersection of the two streets.
WDIV-TV, Local 4, reported that a man was pedaling frantically in an attempt to make the crossing when his jacket got caught on the gate, according to the train engineer. The station also reported the man fell and was hit by the train.
Police haven’t identified the body yet and haven’t determined why the biker was so close to the train. The investigation is ongoing. |
Urbanize
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Username: Urbanize
Post Number: 2047
Registered: 02-2007
| | Posted on Friday, August 03, 2007 - 2:45 pm: | |
I feel sorry for the Bicyclist and his Family,
but what I don't understand is why would the dumbass try to beat a Train?
That's like trying to catch a Boiling Pot of Water from falling. |
Kid_dynamite
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Username: Kid_dynamite
Post Number: 171
Registered: 06-2007
| | Posted on Friday, August 03, 2007 - 3:02 pm: | |
Darwinism in action. |
Scs100
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Username: Scs100
Post Number: 1318
Registered: 12-2006
| | Posted on Friday, August 03, 2007 - 3:31 pm: | |
Welcome to California, where stuff happens like this all the time. (No, I have never been there, just read about it a lot). |
Ray1936
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Username: Ray1936
Post Number: 1737
Registered: 01-2005
| | Posted on Friday, August 03, 2007 - 5:35 pm: | |
"Welcome to California, where stuff happens like this all the time. (No, I have never been there, just read about it a lot)."
I've been there, SCS, and it's all true. |
Scs100
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Username: Scs100
Post Number: 1326
Registered: 12-2006
| | Posted on Friday, August 03, 2007 - 5:44 pm: | |
Tell me about it. I've read at least 50 stories within the last 5 months about that kind of thing there. |
Steelworker
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Username: Steelworker
Post Number: 947
Registered: 02-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, August 04, 2007 - 8:52 am: | |
double thread |
Rhymeswithrawk
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Username: Rhymeswithrawk
Post Number: 852
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, August 04, 2007 - 2:14 pm: | |
Waste of post.
Besides, my post was here first, Steel. |
Karl
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Username: Karl
Post Number: 9156
Registered: 09-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, August 04, 2007 - 3:47 pm: | |
The title of this thread is wrong.
The train didn't "plow" into anything. It was doing exactly what trains are supposed to do - training down its own private track.
Or must trains also now "share the road"??
The title should read "Idiot attempts to plow bicycle into train's private domain, idiot/bicycle lose" |
Scs100
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Username: Scs100
Post Number: 1328
Registered: 12-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, August 04, 2007 - 3:56 pm: | |
quote:Or must trains also now "share the road"??
Yes, in Jack London Square in Oakland. Plenty of street running for the tracks. |
Livernoisyard
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Username: Livernoisyard
Post Number: 3628
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, August 04, 2007 - 3:59 pm: | |
Biker was probably rushing over to nearby Melvindale methadone clinic. |
Pdombr
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Username: Pdombr
Post Number: 18
Registered: 03-2007
| | Posted on Saturday, August 04, 2007 - 4:38 pm: | |
LOL |