SpaceGhost Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 http://www.abc6onyourside.com/shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wsyx_vid_1643.shtml BREAKING NEWS: Tenth-Grader Struck, Killed by Train Hilliard, Ohio -- A tenth-grade student wearing headphones walking southbound on train tracks near Davidson Road in Hilliard didn't hear a train barreling toward him Friday afternoon, Hilliard's police chief told ABC6 News. About 3:15 p.m., the engineer sounded the train's horns and put on the brakes, but the Hilliard-Davidson High School didn't hear the warnings, the police chief said. Unable to stop in time, the train struck and killed the teen. The police chief says he knows the teen's identity but is not releasing while the student's parents are notified. The train was stopped for a few hours while police officers and coroner investigated the scene of the accident. The police chief says it's fairly common for students to walk along railroad tracks on their way to and from school. He said it's an extremely dangerous practice when headphones are worn because they can prevent hearing any warning of an approaching train or other such dangers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nurkvinny Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 What could you possibly be listening to to not hear a close-up train horn and/or feel the tracks shaking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 Such a sad story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sol740 Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 Jesus, that's pretty awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oh8sti Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 So sad. A kid in Powell did that a few years ago, only I think he did it on purpose. It was ruled a suicide. Very sad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitrousbird Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 What could you possibly be listening to to not hear a close-up train horn and/or feel the tracks shaking? That's what I was thinking. How freaking loud would your headphones have to be to not hear a train horn? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99ta Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 suicide? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinner Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 suicide? thats what I was wondering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco-REX Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 Darwin Award.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unfunnyryan Posted December 5, 2009 Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 Darwin Award.. Thats what I'm thinking. Hopefully hes over the age to be eligible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs.cos Posted December 5, 2009 Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 I cant imagine any headphones cancelling out train horns.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primera Posted December 5, 2009 Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 ^ Not only that but you'd feel the train horns blasting at you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tbutera2112 Posted December 5, 2009 Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 had to be suicide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeitgeist57 Posted December 5, 2009 Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 Of course, the parents will never think their son could contemplate suicide. It is sad...don't think I don't appreciate that. But to be walking on train tracks (*active* ones at that, and you know since you live/go to school near them) and not paying attention to train traffic is just stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted December 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 I really don't think it is suicide, think about how hard it would be to know you are about to be killed and stay on the tracks. It's not like he got drunk and passed out on them, he was walking home from school. I have used some noise canceling headphones and I couldn't hear shit but the music, and if it's loud I can see not hearing the train. It's not like the train snuck up on him slowly, it had to be moving pretty good still. He might have noticed at the last second also, we will never know. I really feel fight or flight instinct would be really hard to fight walking on the tracks sober. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahnstoermer1647545488 Posted December 5, 2009 Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 I really feel fight or flight instinct would be really hard to fight walking on the tracks sober. -agreed- In a sad and sick sort of way, that would take SERIOUS balls to stay on the tracks while the blast of the horn and shake of the ground barreled toward you and stick with it for the last few ground-pounding seconds...dayyum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted December 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 http://www2.nbc4i.com/cmh/news/traffic/article/person_struck_killed_by_train_authorities_close_road/27808/ http://media.nbc4i.com/wcmh/img-story/images/uploads/art_lane.jpg HILLIARD, Ohio—A teenage boy wearing headphones was hit and killed by a train in Hilliard Friday afternoon. NBC 4 reported with the FAST FACTS. The victim was struck and killed by a train on Davidson Road, west of Leap Road, at about 3:20 p.m. Officials identified the victim as 16-year-old Arthur Lane, a tenth-grade student at Hilliard Davidson High School. NBC 4‘s Omar Ruiz confirmed that Lane was on the school’s roster as a member of the football team. Officials said Lane was walking down the middle of the tracks, southbound from Davidson Road, when the train approached him from behind. As the train approached the area, the engineer sounded the train’s horn several times, but there was no response from the teen. The engineer told authorities he noticed the student was wearing headphones that covered his ears and he believed that the student did not hear the train’s horn. Officials said the incident appears to be accidental, and they are speaking to the victim’s parents, along with the train’s engineer. Update, RIP His poor parents, I can't imagine the pain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRocket1647545505 Posted December 5, 2009 Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 He might be a kid, but he was also a dumbass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted December 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 He might be a kid, but he was also a dumbass. I agree with that also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco-REX Posted December 5, 2009 Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 Here comes the anti-headphone legislation. I wonder how many letters CSX will get from people saying the trains should have better brakes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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