Re: [Melb] Hawksburn fatality

["Spare" <grimegrime@hotmail.com>]

Come on Blokes,we are not talking suicide or druggie here,its a 50 year old
> lady from Abbotsford, with a family,who had the misfortune to have her 4
> wheel buggy of groceries roll of the platform,and she has gone to rescue
it
> (try finding a station officer on Hawksburn station at 8.45 am on a
Saturday
> morning to assist you) Id say most of us would have done the same thing in
> similar situation,and got away with it.
> Yes she took a risk,and has paid dearly,but then So have plenty of
> professional railway employees over the years who new the risks and still
> broke the rules.
> Graeme

"Samuel Eades" <seades@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
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> Chris <csinn@netlink.com.au> wrote in message
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> > Didnt you read the last post - her trolley fell off the platform onto
> > the track. You call her aDumb bitch! you go and tell her greiving family
> > that she was a dumb bitch - your a heartless bastard.
>
> I think that "Dumb Bitch" is a bit of a strong term to use, but I think
that
> going to rescue your shopping trolley by risking your own life is a VERY
> silly thing to do. She was standing close enough to let her trolley fall
off
> the platform and it did. She ignored all common sense and jumped down to
> collect it. Now she has traumatised a driver and several other passengers
> (on Hawksburn station). I feel more sorry for the train driver than anyone
> else in these circumstances. He has to live with it for the rest of his
> life, she doesn't anymore...
>
> Sam
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