Teenager hit by train whilst texting, somehow survives
Granted, this isn't the first run-in we've seen involving trains and an SMS-minded individual, but the former story certainly didn't involve a train coming into contact with a human. This time, however, an 18-year old Ohio resident managed to get carted away from a devastating collision after being struck by an oncoming locomotive. The kid apparently waited for one train to pass, but rather than double-checking for anything coming in the opposite direction, he simply forged ahead. Consequently, he was thrown 50-feet and knocked unconscious mid-sentence, but is thankfully recovering in a Cincinnati hospital.[Via Switched]
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ILOVEBLENDTEC @ Aug 23rd 2007 1:34AM
wow this could have all been avoided if his parents bought him a car with gps!
http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/27/faith-in-gps-sends-mercedes-downstream/
http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/driver-follows-gps-onto-pedestrian-walkway-into-cherry-tree/
man these cases get dumber and dumber, you really can't defend these people.
iliarules @ Aug 23rd 2007 2:08AM
As if we needed more proof that the teenagers who text all day are retarded.
Marisa @ Aug 23rd 2007 2:35AM
But did the text arrive OK?!
Alcevious @ Aug 23rd 2007 4:13AM
Best. Comment. Ever.
PEZ @ Aug 23rd 2007 6:58AM
Children and teenagers should be illegal.
david @ Aug 23rd 2007 10:22AM
Can we get a picture of the phone? Was it an iPhone, and did Apple replace it for free :P
michael.s.underwood @ Aug 23rd 2007 11:22AM
I was also, just curious if the phone was OK.... Forget the guy. What about the device.
Anthony @ Aug 23rd 2007 4:51PM
Too bad about the accident results. It would surely have been a contender for the Darwin Awards.
MasterCKO @ Aug 23rd 2007 5:16PM
That's a hideous thing to say.
Anthony @ Aug 23rd 2007 5:29PM
I'm a sad, angry, little man.