Teenager Dies Saving His Girlfriend From an Oncoming Train
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Family members of Mickayla Friend said she is in critical condition at Sutter Roseville Medical Center after being hit by a train around 7 p.m. on Friday as she and her boyfriend walked along the train tracks.
The teenage boy Friend was with was killed in the incident. Law enforcement officials have not confirmed either victim's identity.
"You can't imagine getting the worst call in your life, knowing that you just dropped your sister off to go to a dance that was supposed to be a special, amazing night for her and her boyfriend of a year," said Friend's sister, Alithya. "And then you get a call that says he's deceased and she's in critical condition."
Friend's sister said the young couple had planned to take a short walk to the Dollar Tree to buy some food, then head over to the Sadie Hawkins dance at Marysville Charter Academy for the Arts, on B Street, where she said both students were attending school.
People taking in a baseball game near the tracks watched helplessly as the train approached the pair.
"The engineer was on the horn," said Sean Stark, who saw the incident happen. "Then finally, they both looked back at the same time."
Stark said the teenage boy made a split second decision.
"They would have both been underneath that train if he didn't push her out of the way at the last second," said Stark.
"It's her first boyfriend, and her first love," Alithya Friend said. "And she just got it taken away from her in an instant."
Union Pacific is investigating the accident with the help of the Marysville Police Department.
Investigators told KCRA 3 the teens were walking southbound on the train tracks, and the train was also traveling south.
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Damn
Ouch, well that ruined my mood.
I hope the girl will be okay. That's the best outcome that could happen by now.
That boyfriend made the ultimate sacrifice in that split second and for his actions 1 person lived from that shitty encounter. He dies a hero in my eyes (for his act in the end; not for walking on the train tracks)
He made an incredibly selfless decision, but I can't help but ask...
[I]how do you not hear a train coming?[/I]
I feel sorry for them but for fuck sake if you have to take a walk on train tracks at least watch out for the damn trains!
[QUOTE=S31-Syntax;44338622]He made an incredibly selfless decision, but I can't help but ask...
[I]how do you not hear a train coming?[/I][/QUOTE]
It says there was a baseball game going on next to the tracks. If the crowed was going, they might not have heard the train until it came around the bend. Then the driver saw them and sound the horn, but it was too late.
[QUOTE=S31-Syntax;44338622]He made an incredibly selfless decision, but I can't help but ask...
[I]how do you not hear a train coming?[/I][/QUOTE]
My stepfather works with railroads and he confirms its very hard to hear one coming on a windy day or with traffic near.
Especially if your walking on the tracks and the train is approaching from behind.
[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;44338634]I feel sorry for them but for fuck sake if you have to take a walk on train tracks at least watch out for the damn trains![/QUOTE]
I'm actually really paranoid about getting hit by trains. If I ever walk on tracks, I listen very closely for horns, look behind me every 20-30 seconds, and never stand on parts that I can't see 200 meters down either end.
Stupid of them.
Brave though.
[QUOTE=Kite_shugo;44338606]That boyfriend made the ultimate sacrifice in that split second and for his actions 1 person lived from that shitty encounter. He dies a hero in my eyes[/QUOTE]
A hero? How about you don't walk on the tracks... and definitely don't walk in the same direction as the train.
And that's why you stay the fuck away from train tracks.
No matter how careful you think you are, you can never be prepared for the unexpected (a train hitting your face).
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;44338644]It says there was a baseball game going on next to the tracks. If the crowed was going, they might not have heard the train until it came around the bend. Then the driver saw them and sound the horn, but it was too late.[/QUOTE]
Assuming this was in the US, train horns are insanely loud.
It's probably a mixture of the baseball game, a really windy day and other things going on at the same time. Lesson in basic safety when walking around railroads, shame someone had to die though.
[QUOTE=DogGunn;44338666]A hero? How about you don't walk on the tracks... [B]and definitely don't walk in the same direction as the train.[/B][/QUOTE]
This is impossible to determine though as many rails are used both ways.
I agree though, [I]don't walk on the damn tracks.[/I]
[QUOTE=S31-Syntax;44338842]This is impossible to determine though as many rails are used both ways.[/QUOTE]
Yeah fair point. That said, no excuse for walking on the train tracks.
What a Selfless Act.
Its a shame they didn't pay attention or else he'd probably be alive.
[QUOTE=DogGunn;44338666]A hero? How about you don't walk on the tracks... and definitely don't walk in the same direction as the train.[/QUOTE]
walking the tracks can be quicker than the streets a lot of times. always use them as a shortcut
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that said its easy as fuck to hear a train. unless maybe the not-so-far off engine noise was masked by the crowd cheering at the little league game
[QUOTE=HybridTheroy;44339023]walking the tracks can be quicker than the streets a lot of times. always use them as a shortcut[/QUOTE]
If you really feel like trespassing on the tracks to save time (not sure how it is in America, but I assume it isn't legal to walk along train tracks), at least walk next to the tracks and not on them...
[QUOTE=DogGunn;44338666]A hero? How about you don't walk on the tracks... and definitely don't walk in the same direction as the train.[/QUOTE]
I'll clarify my post then; he's a hero for doing what he did in the end. I'm not saying walking on the tracks in the first place isn't stupid
[QUOTE=DogGunn;44339067]If you really feel like trespassing on the tracks to save time (not sure how it is in America, but I assume it isn't legal to walk along train tracks), at least walk next to the tracks and not on them...[/QUOTE]
Don't know if there is a law against it in my province, but nobody seems to give a crap.
and there are a lot of areas where the tracks are on a mound. then you have pretty much have to walk on the track, or not that far off from the side.
what im trying to say is that the tragedy here is that they didn't hear the train, not that they were using the tracks.
True love right there.
I'm always baffled by people getting hit by trains on foot. Even with a baseball game and traffic nearby, I still really can't wrap my head around it unless an article says they had headphones on or something. my high school's sports facilities were on the other side of tracks from the body of the school-
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and even with a football game going on (at the running track), I could hear [i]and feel[/i] the vrvrvrvrvrrvrvvrvr of a train before seeing it come out from behind the trees, moreso when it's freight than a metra but it's still extremely hard not to notice
it sucks they were in the wrong place at all, but I'm glad in the very least one was spared. Good on the guy
fairly certain you would feel the ground shaking regardless of noise
something's really wrong in this
[QUOTE=Hell-met;44339445]fairly certain you would feel the ground shaking regardless of noise
something's really wrong in this[/QUOTE]
Hell, you can actually feel it on the railway of a 381mm gauge light railway with tiny steam engines running on it, let alone a full on behemoth.
[QUOTE=HybridTheroy;44339023]walking the tracks can be quicker than the streets a lot of times. always use them as a shortcut[/QUOTE]
That's kinda how these people die.
[QUOTE=Novangel;44339884]That's kinda how these people die.[/QUOTE]
and crossing a rope bridge is kinda how people fall of a rope bridge
grow up, everything has it's risks. walking a trains track isnt a very big threat. You have a bigger chance of getting hit on a crosswalk.
I'm really trying to wrap my mind around how the hell you did not hear/see the train coming. It's a fucking train.
[QUOTE=HybridTheroy;44340066]and crossing a rope bridge is kinda how people fall of a rope bridge
grow up, everything has it's risks. walking a trains track isnt a very big threat. You have a bigger chance of getting hit on a crosswalk.[/QUOTE]
last time I checked cars don't take ages to come to a stop and don't have any where near as much momentum as a train so idk man
[QUOTE=a dumb bear;44340213]last time I checked cars don't take ages to come to a stop and don't have any where near as much momentum as a train so idk man[/QUOTE]
Yeah, and there's also not thousands of trains passing through each intersection every hour? what's you point? We're talking about probability here not comparing situations.
Take a note from Vsauces latest video about risk and how we think things that happened most recently have a higher chance of happening again. You think getting hit by a train is some inevitable thing that is highly likely because you just heard about it happening. think about how many car wrecks there were in the US alone just today.
[QUOTE=DogGunn;44338666]A hero? How about you don't walk on the tracks... and definitely don't walk in the same direction as the train.[/QUOTE]
That's good advice in hindsight and all, but he did the best he could in the bad situation. I'm sure they didn't walk on the tracks expecting to die, and it was not a mistake that anyone should have to die over.
[QUOTE=HybridTheroy;44340236]Yeah, and there's also not thousands of trains passing through each intersection every hour? what's you point? We're talking about probability here not comparing situations.
Take a note from Vsauces latest video about risk. You think getting hit by a train is some inevitable thing that is highly likely because you just heard about it happening. think about how many car wrecks there were in the US alone just today.[/QUOTE]
They're called "train tracks" for a reason you know, not "pedestrian tracks" or "walkway tracks". They're not there so that you can take your shortcut and be where you want to be a sliver faster, they're there so that massive fucking behemoths of steel move shit from point A to point B.
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