Danger Train: Collision #107
I missed what appears to be Danger Train collision #107 when I was out of town:
An evacuee who was reportedly listening through headphones and looking at the ground while walking toward the Astrodome was struck by a Metro light rail train this morning, officials said.
The unidentified man, in his late 40s or early 50s, apparently didn't see the dropped crossing arms or blinking caution lights or hear officers screaming at him as he tried to walk across the tracks at Fannin and Naomi around 11:30 a.m., said Metro spokesman George Smalley.
"He walked right into the path of the train," Smalley said. "You don't ever want this to happen to anybody. But it's especially painful to someone who's already gone through such trauma."
The man was taken to Ben Taub General Hospital, where he was being treated for an injured spleen and other non-life-threatening injuries, he said.
I think we all knew this was coming.
I'm surprised we haven't seen more collisions with the influx of people in town. We'll have to wait until one of Tom Bazan's regular public information requests to see if there are additional collisions that have gone unreported.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 09/11/05 09:46 | Danger Train | Technorati
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I believe the next day there was a suburban that whipped into a turn lane ahead of a train and was rear-ended by the train. and then later that day a bus was involved in a three car accident.
Posted by Rorschach @ 21:11 on 09/11/05
by the way, welcome back!
Posted by Rorschach @ 21:11 on 09/11/05
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