• 2 Boys witness their father being hit and killed by a train in New South Wales
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[QUOTE]Two young boys were found wandering on a NSW highway after their father was killed by a commuter train while trying to take a shortcut. Police say the 43-year-old man and his children crossed the train tracks near Wyong on Monday evening. The man then went back to pick up some groceries and was hit by a commuter train after he tried to take a short cut, a NSW police spokesperson said. The boys, aged five and six, were found wandering beside the railway tracks by a passing motorist on the Pacific Highway.[/QUOTE] [URL]http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/2014/04/08/08/39/boys-witness-father-hit-and-killed-by-train[/URL]
Looks like they took the Wyong route
Sad story, but it's scary to think that the train hit him and the driver had no idea it had happened. I know they're pretty big but still.
Did the guy not see the train coming?
[QUOTE=Daemon White;44484047]Did the guy not see the train coming?[/QUOTE] Not really see but more hear, I mean those fuckers make a lot of noise you'd have to be deaf to not hear it
Pretty sad, I've unfortunately seen this first hand, very messy and I still wonder how it happens, I can only see the father had his music on and wasn't paying attention :(
the father probably thought he can snag the groceries in time before the train passed through and didn't realize it was too late
I will never understand why people feel the need to wander around on railway tracks. So many people die when it could easily be avoided if they just stayed away from them.
[QUOTE=squids_eye;44484215]I will never understand why people feel the need to wander around on railway tracks. So many people die when it could easily be avoided if they just stayed away from them.[/QUOTE] They think they're above the statistics and use it to save time.
Electrical trains tend to not make as much noise. Not sure about that train, but a lot of commuter trains in Australia are electrical. Even so, I don't get how you can miss it. You'd always at least LOOK before you step on tracks.
[QUOTE=IForgotPassword;44484350]Electrical trains tend to not make as much noise. Not sure about that train, but a lot of commuter trains in Australia are electrical. Even so, I don't get how you can miss it. You'd always at least LOOK before you step on tracks.[/QUOTE] Idk about you but in my area at least I can hear a train coming if it's about 20 seconds away, which gives you enough time to get yourself off the tracks
Are you approaching the pathway of a large object that you have little to no chance of surviving if you got hit by it? THEN LOOK BOTH WAYS FUCKER
[QUOTE=Complifused;44484035]Looks like they took the Wyong route[/QUOTE] I think you might have made the [i]Wyong[/i] move, posting that in this thread
I saw a video recently on Liveleak where a guy drove around the barriers to cross a train track. It was daytime and he had a clear view of the train coming, he tried anyways. What I learned: People actually do think they can beat the train. It's not that they don't see it, or know it's coming, it's that they think they are faster.
Forever im my heart. Help. it hurts, it hurts us all. Tomorrow's paper: "Nation Witnesses 2 Boys witness their father being hit and killed by a train in New South Wales"
Afaik unless they're talking about some other railway I have not heard of, the railway here is fenced all the way. And the OSCAR trains aren't very loud either.
Poor kids, this will scar them for life and no amount of psychological therapy will help them forget.
[QUOTE=The golden;44484111]To this day I still fail to understand how you can be hit by a train while wandering on the tracks. They're noisy as hell - or at least enough for you to be able to hear them from at least 200 meters away. Not only that but you can usually feel them. The ground shakes as they go over the tracks and they usually make a low-frequency rumble which you can feel (and hear) quite a distance away. Trains (here, at least) also sound their horns at every railway crossing which can be heard for kilometers in every direction, same if there is a live obstruction on the tracks. I just don't get it. How do you not notice a several thousand ton wall of steel heading your way?[/QUOTE] The more appropriate question: Why would you cross a train track with every fiber of your being [I]NOT[/I] focused on keeping an eye and ear on any possible incoming trains? Your life literally depends on it.
[QUOTE=Géza!;44485327]The more appropriate question: Why would you cross a train track with every fiber of your being [I]NOT[/I]focused on keeping an eye and ear on any possible incoming trains? Your life literally depends on it.[/QUOTE] Because people think that statistics don't apply to them.
It's very easy to misjudge how fast something is moving. That's why it's so dumb to try and quickly cross a road or railroad tracks when there's traffic.
I live about 30 minutes from Wyong station, the entire line is nearly entirely straight and flat for quite a long distance in both directions from the station. You could just look in either direction and easily see if anything was coming was coming from as far as Tuggerah, the next station south from Wyong and is about 5 minutes drive away. Not to mention there is a bridge right next to the station for pedestrians and cars to use, and an underpass on the opposite side.
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