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Do you suppose they'll write it off as the cost of doing business and being attractive to suicidal people?

 

CSX: Person hit by train, 5 cars derail from tracks

LaGRANGE A young teen was killed Tuesday night about 11:15 p.m. after intentionally stepping in front of a moving train near the Jefferson Street bridge, which caused part of the train to derail when it engaged its emergency brakes, states a press release from LaGrange Police Department.

The victim was a student at LaGrange High School, the school system confirmed Wednesday afternoon.

Early this morning, the Troup County School System family was saddened to learn about the loss of one of our LaGrange High students, said Yolanda Stephen, director of public relations for the school system. As a system, our focus at this time is helping our students and staff through the impact of this unexpected loss. We respect the privacy of the students family; they are continuously in our thoughts and prayers.

http://lagrangenews.com/news/16783/1-killed-in-train-derailment?platform=hootsuite



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Poor train handling. Crew at fault. Fire 'em right now!



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I wonder if they'll send the bill to the family?

I guess they never tell you what to do either way. But I think once an RFE said something like "why would risk a whole town to avoid something you're going to hit anyway". Also sat behind a train that hit a lady, the train being put in emergency added other problems to the situation.

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Either way it's a no-win situation. No way they (CSX) can fault the crew. And while empathetic to the kid's parents...they missed some signal that their teen was sending before he chose that train.



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My guess is the teen never been kilt by a train in all his lifetimes before. New experience.

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