Danger Train: Collision #67
The incidents tend to come in bunches:
A man was injured Wednesday when he was knocked over after stepping in front of a light rail train, Metro officials said.
The victim, whose name and age were not available, was struck about 7:30 p.m. by the northbound train on Main near Walker.
Metropolitan Transit Authority officials said the man was conscious and breathing after the accident. He suffered a cut or bruise on the back of his head and was taken to Ben Taub General Hospital.
It was unknown later Wednesday whether he would be cited for the accident, officials said.
If you're keeping count just for the week, that's Danger Train 2, Pedestrians 0.
The pedestrian who ran into the train (as Metro likes to phrase these things) on Monday was given a citation, so it's surprising this pedestrian/violator wasn't cited. After all, he was "conscious and breathing" afterwards. It's surprising Tom Lambert wasn't in his face yelling "What part of safety do we not understand, Houston?!"
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 10/07/04 06:40 | Danger Train | Technorati
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Did either pedestrian damage the train or knock it off of its tracks?
Posted by Laurence Simon @ 13:06 on 10/08/04
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