Subject: Re: Another moron bites the dust aus.rail(251628)

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Subject: Re: Another moron bites the dust

Posted on: Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:44:31 +1100

Matthew Geier wrote:
> Mike Rotch wrote:
>
>> http://www.smh.com.au/victoria/woman-killed-by-train-after-ducking-boom-
> gate-20100302-pe79.html
>> Woman killed by train after ducking boom gate MEGAN LEVY
>> March 2, 2010 - 12:05PM
>> A woman has died after she was hit by a train in Melbourne's south this
>> morning.
>
> While a 'moron bites the dust' might be accurate, having effectively
> taken their own lives due to stupidity, I rather feel sorry for the train
> driver who hit her and the emergency services people who have to clean up
> the pieces afterwards.
>
> People get killed by the own stupid actions (or killed by the stupid
> actions of others) every day on the roads, but it's no longer newsworthy.

Agreed Matthew. The situation is tragic, for the train driver and his
family, the victim and her family, and the on-lookers and emergency
staff involved. What the young woman did was foolish and
dangerous, and she paid for that with her life.

Paul Westcott

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