Re: [NSW] fatality at Kingswood

["Al" <alpout@optusnet.com.au>]

"Anita Lukaszyk" <neety@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message
news:3B060522.6973E70@iprimus.com.au...
> David Johnson wrote:
>
> > The moron got off an up train, and walked behind it, straight into the
> > path of a down XPT.  Stupid westies...
>
> I was waiting last night for a down train at Kingswood. In the space of
> 10 minutes, 3 guy's jumped down and cross the tracks. The first two had
> a train (speeding urban and suburban) come around the bend a couple of
> seconds later.

If people want to Darwinise themselves, let them go right ahead.  We can't
surround the entire world in cotton wool.

> The third guy who crossed to platform 1 proceeded to tell his yobbo mate
> on platform 2 (and the 40 or so others waiting for an up train) in great
> detail exactly how the fatality happened. "I was there mate. I saw the
> whole thing happen. (He then walked about 20m west from the platform
> entry). He went to cross the tracks and then the XPT came. Driver tooted
> his horn and he just froze in the middle of the tracks. Then the blood
> went all the way over here (please insert arm gestures here). The XPT
> stopped right up near the bridge. They were hosing all the bits off and
> the blue bag was right there (points to location) and they were picking
> up all the bits and pieces."

Amazing.  Education in action never really hits home does it?

Unfortunately, these people always seem to breed.

Al