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Out of the frying pan...

2005 Reader Submission
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The city of San Diego has two sets of train tracks near the coast. One set is for the regular train servicesand the other is for our trolley system. It turns out a local transient found out what happens when you are on the train tracks at the wrong time.

It seems this person was walking down the train tracks when he noticed the train coming. He successfully jumped out of the way of the train. The problem with his plan is that he jumped onto the trolley track and was promptly smacked by the trolley that he failed to see.

For a slight instant, I'd bet money that he was high fiving himself for saving his own life, probably thought he was the coolest guy in the world, and then SPLAT. Authorities "are still looking into why he was on the tracks in the first place."

Submitted on 12/06/2005

Submitted by: Carl Starrett
Reference: www.kgtv.com - 12/06/06

Copyright © 2005 DarwinAwards.com

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James said:
Neutral: Too Common
I do like your write-up! However, incidents of pedestrians being hit by trains are too common, and what happened here wasn't really that exceptional. Again, I do like your write up. What say my fellow mods?

Greg said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
You know what? I laughed out loud at this! I know rail accidents are common, but I love the write-up. So simple, yet effective. Nice work.

Jack said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
I'm torn on this, but here too, the write-up gave me a Wile E. Coyote sort of image: " I made it... OOPS!"

Jason said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
Wile E. Coyote would be proud of this one. It had that 'ouch' factor that we all can love.

Tracy said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
Yes, there are too many train track incidents - but this is in a different class I feel

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