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3rd man killed by train

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http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20051208-1104-bn08train2.html

Third to die on stretch of tracks in past week

UNION-TRIBUNE BREAKING NEWS TEAM 11:04 a.m. December 8, 2005 SAN DIEGO – A man in a wheelchair was hit and killed Thursday morning by a fast-moving Amtrak train passing through the Old Town Transit Center. It was the third fatality on the tracks within a half-mile of the Old Town station in the past week.

The man who died Thursday was crossing the tracks on the south side of Taylor Street in a motorized wheelchair when he was hit by the northbound train about 8:20 a.m., authorities said.

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All rail crossing lights and barriers were operating at the time of the accident, authorities said.

Sheriff's Capt. Glenn Revell said the victim was one of several people who ignored warning signals and gates and tried to cross the tracks. No one else was hit.

Submitted on 12/08/2005

Submitted by: Anonymous
Reference: http://www.signonsandiego.com/

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James said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
While a car driven by an idiot has the speed and agility to zoom out of harm's way, an electric wheelchair doesn't. And while electric wheelchairs have given the handicapped new mobility, they probably provided our victim with a sense entitlement to just whiz past the crossing, as if it were a marked handicapped parking space. And while we are more wheelchair friendly than ever before, the victim SHOULD have realized the following: stupidity and trains NEVER discriminate!

Greg said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
Hmmmm ... could be a keeper - he tried to nip across, forgetting he wasn't quite as agile as his able-bodied co-chicken-players!

Jack said:
Definitely Toss: Too Common
Sorry, but I must disagree. Without other information, this is just another train vs human encounter. I really don't see any Darwin-grade stupidity here.

Tracy said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
It's the wheelchair bit that makes it different for me

Jorge said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award

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