Sucks for his family and no doubt this is a terrible event for them. But headphones are a poor excuse. What ever happened to looking both ways? Good lord.
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I've mentioned this before- but I understand how this can happen. I've crossed 9th street at 5th ave and had to make a sudden stop. (as a pedestrian.)
I approached the intersection, the bells were ringing and solid "don't walk" sign was up. I see a NB train waiting to proceed. The train starts to go, and goes through the intersection. As the train was going NB, a SB train also started coming. However the SB train was "hidden" by the NB train. After the NB train passed I started to cross, and all of a sudden the SB train going full speed wooshes by right in front of me.
Add in a minor amount of distraction, and it's possible this person didn't see the 2nd train coming.
See it at SAIT on a daily basis. People see the lights and bells going, but just check both ways and walk anyway. Enough space between the tracks that the "hidden train" likely won't end in catastrophe, but still a terrible habit.
Early information suggested the man had been wearing headphones when he crossed the tracks at 36 St. and 12 Ave. N.E. about 8:30 p.m., however, Staff Sgt. Paul Stacey said so far, there's no evidence to suggest that was the case.
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One man was rushed to hospital Saturday night following a collision between a minivan and a train. It happened around 9 p.m.in the southeast community of Applewood. The driver of the van managed to get out and was walking around at the scene. The passenger was taken to hospital in critical condition. Police are investigating.
Traffic grinded to a halt during the busy commute home on Tuesday, after a woman was hit by a CTrain.
It happened around 4:30 p.m., near the 39 Ave. station.
Witnesses told Global News that the victim ignored the warning lights before walking right into the path of an approaching train. It’s believed that she was wearing headphones at the time.
I was on the train that hit her last night... I love this city sometimes, we sat on the train for an hour+ then they finally unload us all at 39th and tell us we need to catch a different train south now that the trains are heading southbound on the other track... Trying to get on a packed train heading out of DT with 250 people on a platform = good times.
Thanks for the 2.5 hour ride home last night, hope your Beats didn't get damaged in the collision!
F'ing idiot. As I said in the other thread, that has got to be the most clearly marked areas for trains in the entire city. Crossing arms that go down. Loud warning bells. A zig-zag area to enter/exit the tracks with LARGE signs that in bold and underlined say LOOK BOTH WAYS FOR TRAINS. And in addition, you have a clear view both way of trains coming and going. Absolutely no excuse to walk into a f'ing train. Stupid stupid stupid idiot. And then the entire train line grinds to a halt for everyone using it.
I am not sure why the city cannot augment the train system to be completely fenced off from any traffic/pedestrians. I guess the 7th ave is difficult to achieve, but what about outside the downtown core? If the likes of 39 Ave, Chinook, the tracks along the 36 St NE are fenced off the amount of collisions will reduce by at least half.
