Another woman killed on a train track

Discussion in 'The Lounge' started by master_g, Jan 5, 2009.

  1. A woman has died while frantically trying to get her car off a rail line after it was involved in a shunt at a level crossing.

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    It is believed her grey Rover 216 Si clipped a Ford transit van travelling in the opposite direction near Spalding, Lincolnshire.

    The van driver managed to get his vehicle off the tracks before the safety barriers lowered, but the Rover became trapped at the South Drove crossing.
    Officers said the woman desperately tried to reverse her car as an oncoming train approached but was unable to move it out of the way in time.

    Sergeant Dave Kay said: "She was making frantic attempts to get off the level-crossing but witnesses said it was very, very quick from when the barriers came down to the collision.

    "She was trying to get her car off the level-crossing but because of the arctic conditions it was like a skating rink and she couldn't get very far."
    The 30-year-old woman, from Spalding, has not been named.

    The two men in the van raced towards the Rover but could not reach the woman to save her.

    No one else was injured but the train driver was left badly shaken.
    The train, the 8.33am service from Peterborough to Lincoln, was carrying 18 passengers, a driver and a conductor.

    East Midlands Trains, which operates the service, said it was slightly damaged but not derailed.

    Train services in the area have been disrupted and services are terminating at Sleaford in Lincolnshire while investigations continue.

    Routes affected include Peterborough, Spalding, Sleaford, Ruskington, Metheringham and Lincoln.


    http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090105/tuk-woman-killed-in-train-line-panic-45dbed5.html



    Personally i find it hard to feel sorry for people who would rather save their car over opening the car door and walking away if they see the barrier lowering.
     
  2. Phoenix

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    why didnt she just get out her car?
    surely her insurance or something would of helped with the damages...
     
  3. RockkxD

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    That's exactly what I thought but maybe she loved her car, :O!
     
  4. terrible...... some people just don't get it..... ignorant to the end...
     
  5. dim8sum

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    prob because she was panicking and wanted to save her car, and like the witnesses said it happened pretty quickly.
     
  6. ^ if i was in that situation, i would be like "hmm im on a train track, i think i better get out".. if the van had time to get off the track, then the driver jump out of his van and attempt to save her then she definatly had time to leave her car.

    considering she was just sitting there the whole time trying to drive her car off the track I doubt she was panicking.

    but yeah i reckon she just wanted to save her car or something
     
  7. brown_bear

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    omgggg.....whut the hell.....if ever on train tracks - GET OUT OF CAR..!!!!!!!!


    jeeeesh its a rover 216......not like a ferrari or anything
     
  8. gordonng85

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    that's the right time to say:

    FUBAR.
     
  9. fearless_fx

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    this one sounds like it did happen pretty fast, even if it were me, i might also have tried to drive off the tracks.
     
  10. ^ same... cant really TOTALLY blame her
     
  11. Takashi

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    wow did you guys read the entire post or not? i guess all of you just looked the heading and thought you had it all figured out.

    "She was trying to get her car off the level-crossing but because of the arctic conditions it was like a skating rink and she couldn't get very far." - meaning that because it was slippery she couldn't run but had to walk slowly. duh.

    and i might add, i've also been hit by a car before and before that happened, i always thought that people who just stood there and got hit instead of dodging were stupid but when it happens to you and you see that vehicle comiing at you, you just freeze and although my life didn't flash before my eyes, i was definitely thinking " oh shit i'm gonna and die, i'm still young, this is fcked up..." i wanted to jump aside but i was just glued there. it's what usually happens to everyone else, they pretty much go into a state of shock/panic before they get hit and can't really move like they want to.
     
  12. wysandman

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    what a way to go.
     
  13. ralphrepo

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    The slippery conditions didn't stop the two men from racing towards the Rover, but the slippery condition was moot. My personal opinion is, she was probably so focused on solving the problem of moving her car that the coming train wasn't her immediate concern, as it should have been.

    If she knew the train was imminent in its arrival, even if the ground was slippery, she could had jumped from the car. She obviously wasn't rooted to the spot with fright, as she was engaged in attempting to maneuver the vehicle when it was struck. Even if this was being resigned to one's fate (train coming too fast, ice 'too slippery to drive or run' so why bother, etc) she would have stopped any activity and just sat there.

    Hence, my final assessment is that her involvement in the activity of attempting to remove the vehicle from the tracks sufficiently distracted her enough from the fact that there was a train bearing down on her at high speed; that she only had seconds to react. The question therefore, was her vehicle's worth versus the value of her own life; she however, didn't appreciate that the question was being asked. :wtf:

    Sidebar 1: Just as an exercise in mental masturbation, the next time you find yourself sitting in front of a train crossing, from the time that the train crossing barriers come down, just count off in your head the time it takes for the train to come. I've noted in some cases, the trains take a long time. In others, they're there seemingly in just seconds. I recall one train crossing where I saw the barrier come down in front of the car ahead of me, and I stepped on the brakes to slow to a stop. As soon as I was at a full stop (less than 10 seconds), the train came roaring past. Scary. -shock

    Sidebar 2: I recall another incident of a man driving down a multi-lane highway in the New York City area (Grand Central Parkway), and who suddenly got a flat. He slowed his vehicle to a stop in one of the mid lanes (of the four lane highway) and got out to inspect his flattened front left tire. Seconds later, whilst he stood outside the vehicle looking at his tire, he was struck by another vehicle and killed. This leads me to believe that there is a perceptual change that comes over people once they get into their vehicles, and it's one of an Exaggeration of Personal Space. We tend to forget that the space around the vehicle doesn't belong to us, and this may be one reason for the primal road rage that many vehicular incidents initiate. In this case, the man stepped out of his vehicle, to inspect his tire, as if the world surrounding his vehicle's outside is his domain or within his personal ambit; clearly it wasn't. In the case of the woman in the Original Post, she may have been of a mind that the world needs to wait as she was getting her vehicle to safety; again, it's obvious that the world doesn't work that way. -confused
     
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    definitely can't predict what you'll do in these situations, sure everyone is like oh look at that dumb bitch she values her car too much too get the fuck out in time hahhahahah her fault. but in reality you might do the same thing. not everyone knows how fast the train comes and in that situation of panic, all this shit will go into your mind and you might not be able to think properly. it might be the same outcome plus she really didn't have that much time at all, this is quite tragic.